What is the meaning of hope staying in Pandora's box? If the physical and spiritual diseases were let out by opening the box, wouldn't it mean that the only thing that humans
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Pandora's Box" was actually "Pandora's Jar": A translation error made 500 years ago has persisted to this day.
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