Subsequently, one may also ask, who put hope in Pandora's Box?
Epimetheus
Secondly, why did Pandora leave Hope in the box? One thing has always confused me about the story of Pandora. When she opened her box (or jar, whatever), all sorts of evil things escaped outside the box, and this is why we have evil in the world now. Then, she closed the box before hope could escape, so that hope remained within the box.
Moreover, what was in Pandora's box that was a symbol of hope?
A less pessimistic interpretation understands the myth to say: countless evils fled Pandora's jar and plague human existence; the hope that we might be able to master these evils remains imprisoned inside the jar. Life is not hopeless, but each of us is hopelessly human.
Why did Zeus give Pandora a box and tell her not to open it?
This torture wasn't enough of a punishment for Zeus who also believed that humans should be punished for accepting the gift of fire from Prometheus. To punish man, Zeus created a woman named Pandora. As a wedding present, Zeus gave Pandora a box (in ancient Greece this was called a jar) but warned her never to open it.
