In the myth of Pandora, she opens the jar filled with evils given to her by the Greek gods. Hesiod says only hope remained inside when the jar was closed. Since mankind didn’t know of these evils before she opened the jar, doesn’t that mean that there’s no hope?
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It wasn’t hope that remained inside the box. It was our ability to see the future. So in that way, we kept our hope.
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>>According to Hesiod, Zeus willed that Hope should stay inside because he wanted mortals to suffer in order to understand that they should not disobey their gods.
I believe it was more something of a metaphor that even against the world’s evils we should never let go of hope. Of course this one, just as many myths can have it’s own interpretation depending on the person.
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