PANDORA'S BOX. The Changing Aspects of a Mythical Symbol

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Preface to the Second Edition xiv
6. PANDORA'S BOX. The Changing Aspects of a Mythical Symbol 1
7. I. Pandora in the Medieval Tradition 3
8. II. The Origin of the "Box": Erasmus of Rotterdam 14
9. III. Pandora and Hope: Andrea Alciati 27
10. IV. Pandora and Ignorance: Rosso Fiorentino 34
11. V. Roma Prima Pandora; Eva Prima Pandora; Lutetia Nova Pandora 55
12. VI. Pandora, "'Gift of All": Elizabethans and Jacques Callot 68
13. VII : ΠϲΘοεγiα: Hesiod vs. Babrius et al. 79
14. VIII. Romanticism, Classicist and Victorian 85
15. Epilogue: Pandora Oil the Stage: Calderón, Voltaire, Goethe, and Late-Antique Allegory 117
16. Addenda 137
17. Addenda to the Second Edition 142
18. Index 169