I, Pandora, the First Woman

Content : Discover mythology as told by women.
What if they could finally tell their own stories?

"I am the first woman: before me, all human beings were male.
I was created at the command of Zeus, king of the gods.
But to what end? Why do the deities grant me so many gifts… and yet a devouring curiosity as well?
And why does Zeus give me a jar that he forbids me to open?
Prometheus, son of Titans, warns me: according to him, I am the instrument of Zeus’s vengeance upon mankind.

Would it truly be so terrible if I were to open the god’s gift?

My name is Pandora, and this is my story…
You know the myth of Pandora’s “box” — now discover the tale of the woman behind it."