Pandora's Box: The Changing Aspects of a Mythical Symbol
by Dora Panofsky, Erwin Panofsky
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Pandora waas the "pagan Eve," and she is one of the rare mythological figures to have retained vitality up to our day. Glorified by Calderon, Voltaire, and Goethe, she is familiar to all of us, and "Pandora's box" is a household word. In this classic study Dora and Erwin Panofsky trace the history of Pandora and of Pandora's box in European literature and art from Roman times to the present.Originally published in 1962.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology show more to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. show lessTags
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Pandora was the "pagan Eve," and she is one of the rare mythological figures to have retained vitality up to our day. Glorified by Calderon, Voltaire, and Goethe, she is familiar to all of us, and "Pandora's box" is a household word. In this classic study Dora and Erwin Panofsky trace the history of Pandora and of Pandora's box in European literature and art from Roman times to the present. Source: 2019 Princeton University edition (Originally published in 1962.)
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- Pandora's Box: The Changing Aspects of a Mythical Symbol
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- 1956
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- Pandora; Prometheus
- Dedication
- In Memoriam Gustav Pauli
- First words
- No myth is more familiar than that of Pandora, none perhaps has been so completely misunderstood.
- Blurbers
- Hadas, Moses; Peyre, Henri
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