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title: Pandora Receiving Gifts from the Gods
author: The British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4011/pandora-receiving-gifts-from-the-gods/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Pandora Receiving Gifts from the Gods

_Authored by The British Museum_

## Image File

[![Pandora Receiving Gifts from the Gods](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/4011.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/4011.jpg)

## Image Caption

A detail of a 5th century BCE Attic red-figure vase depicting [Pandora](https://www.worldhistory.org/Pandora/) being given her divine gifts from the Olympian gods. (British Museum, London)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, T. B. (2015, July 26). Pandora Receiving Gifts from the Gods. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4011/pandora-receiving-gifts-from-the-gods/>
### Chicago
Museum, The British. "Pandora Receiving Gifts from the Gods." *World History Encyclopedia*, July 26, 2015. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4011/pandora-receiving-gifts-from-the-gods/>.
### MLA
Museum, The British. "Pandora Receiving Gifts from the Gods." *World History Encyclopedia*, 26 Jul 2015, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4011/pandora-receiving-gifts-from-the-gods/>.

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