If Pandora released all evils when she opened the jar, and only hope remained inside, doesn’t that mean the world is essentially hopeless?

Question

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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Answer 1

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.