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I finished this about a month ago but didn't get a round to putting it up. Honestly, I couldn't find an appropriate category to put this in. It's mythology which is like fantasy, but its not quite "sword and sorcery." I could put it under portraits, but of a fictional character? Whatever.

This is Pandora. Why a vase-like container instead of a box? Because there was never a box. In a mistranslation of Hesiod's Works and Days, the word "pithos" (meaning a large type of jar) was replaced with "pyxis" (a small box-like container).

I tried to infuse some symbology of her as an archetype of the first woman and bringer of evil (her story is very simlar to Eve's in Genesis).

Oil on board. 16" x 20"
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Given 2012-02-08
The only thing left inside of Pandora's jar will be hope...
Beguiling oils on board from ~angrywhitewanker.
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~zusse Mar 14, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Wonderful!! I love the colors you've used and the movement in the painting!!
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~catengo Mar 8, 2012
Amazing!
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~chinnagadu Feb 14, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
super

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~gamezgc Feb 10, 2012
great Pix!!
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~Warfrost14 Feb 9, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Great piece- I love the hands!

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Mood: Joy ~carrie1953 Feb 9, 2012
Excellent!!
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~SciFiArtMan Feb 9, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Amazingly beautiful artistry! Fantastic movement. Love the looming snake as well. So inspiring!
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*MalDudemaker Feb 9, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Hi :wave:
This piece has been featured... [link]
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~Leilanee Feb 9, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
My favourite myth!
I like how you used a jar instead of the more famous box.
Also, relating her to eve... very interesting. That's one aspect of the myth I never considered.

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Mood: Joy *ladyjudina Feb 9, 2012
Beautiful!!!!

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