According to Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman created by Zeus.
Pandora is the name of the first woman created by Zeus , according to Greek mythology . Its creation was a response to the trap that Prometheus committed by stealing fire from this god and granting it to men. Given this fact, Zeus gave life to Pandora to implant evil on Earth .
The myth indicates that Pandora opened the box that housed evils, causing them to spread across the planet. This box, which is an amphora in some versions of the myth, is known as Pandora's Box .
Today the notion of Pandora's box is used to name that behavior that, in an unexpected way, causes a calamitous effect . For example: "With his statements, the young footballer uncovered Pandora's box and caused chaos in the club" , "The launch of the book was like the opening of Pandora's box: the lawsuits against the writer did not take long to arrive" , "Investigators found a Pandora's box full of evidence that incriminated various officials."
Pandora in different areas
The term Pandora is used in other areas, although always as a proper name. In astronomy , Pandora is one of the satellites of the planet Saturn and an asteroid discovered in 1858 . "Pandora" is also the title of a novel published in 1998 by American writer Anne Rice .
Pandora , likewise, is the stage name of a Swedish singer ( Anneli Magnusson ) and the erotic model Pandora Peaks (whose real name is Stephanie Schick ).
Within the field of technology , Pandora is a portable video game console that was launched in 2008 . It is a hybrid between console and computer, which was designed with the aim of taking advantage of the open source programs and applications that existed until now, as well as encouraging independent development to add functionality without the typical restrictions. of the devices of large companies.
The company responsible for the Pandora console is OpenPandora , formed by former distributors and community members of the GP32 and GP2X portable consoles (both open source) released in 2001 and 2005 , respectively. When Pandora was announced, its designers promised that it would be more powerful than any other portable console created to date.
A satellite of Saturn is called Pandora.
An online radio
On the other hand, since 2000 there has been an online radio called Pandora , created by a group of music lovers who sought to capture the very essence of this art. So much so that the original name of the venture was the Musical Genome Project . To achieve this purpose, they set out to analyze the deepest aspects of the songs, such as their rhythm, harmony, melodies, arrangements, instrumentation and lyrics, among others.
Thanks to this very detailed classification, Pandora can provide its users with absolutely personalized stations, through the " genomic" analysis of the songs they choose to find all the ones that are related. Among the options available once the list of topics has been suggested, it is possible to rate each one of them, propose others that have not been selected and also send original creations as long as authorship is available.
Pandora radio is available in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. However, there is also a site called Global Pandora , which offers the possibility of accessing Pandora stations from anywhere in the world.