Pan·do·ra 
(păn-dôrə)
(păn-dôrə)n.
Greek Mythology
Greek Mythology
The first woman, bestowed upon humankind as a punishment for Prometheus's theft of fire. Entrusted with a box containing all the ills that could plague people, she opened it out of curiosity and thereby released all the evils of human life.
[Greek Pandōrā, having all gifts : pan-, pan- + dōron, gift; see dō- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]