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Pandoras relationship to Eve of the Genesis account Numerous similarities exist between the Pandora of Greek mythology and Eve of the Judaic book of Genesis. Both stories include an account of: The divine creation of the first woman. Disobedience to a divine command by that first woman. A great calamity experienced by all mankind brought on by this womans disobedience to a divine command, and An attempt at explaining the origin of all resulting suffering and evil subsequently experienced by mankind. Eve and Pandora Contrasted By William E. Phipps Contrary to prevailing opinion, there is reason to hold that the myths of Eve and Pandora are quite dissimilar in original meaning. Our lack of awareness of this difference has been due to interpreters throughout Western civilization who have mingled these two stories together. THE Hebrew myth of Eve, found in Genesis, and the Greek myth of Pandora, found in Hesiods writings, have had profound impact on Western civilization because they allegedly reveal womans true nature. Scholarly studies as well as popular treatments have generally presumed that both myths aim at alerting men to feminine evil. 1 Classicist Walter Headlam thought the myths were two versions of the same primeval story of the first woman. Both show that woman is a divine afterthought and is, in Hesiods words, a curse and a bane. 2 According to Frederick Teggart, the pattern of both myths is the same: First, a state of bliss; second, the mischievous activity of the woman; third, a description of evils. Consequently, it might reasonably be inferred that Hesiod had made use of some variant of a narrative that was also utilized in the story of the Garden of Eden. 3 Contrary to prevailing opinion, there is reason to hold that the myths of Eve and Pandora are quite dissimilar in original meaning. Our lack of awareness of this difference has been due to interpreters throughout Western civilization who have mingled these two myths together. In what follows, t