Out of the box
By Junk on 2008-12-01 02:00:00
The well-known Pandora's box is actually a jar.
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The actual object should look like this.
The mistranslation of the greek word pithos as “box” is usually attributed to the 16th century humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam when he translated Hesiod's tale of Pandora into Latin.
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