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Emily Hanna-Grazebrook X:ssä: "Pandora's 'box' was actually jar 'pithos'. Erasmus misread as 'pyxis', meaning box. #FolkloreThursday #storytelling https://t.co/N7FXkITiUl" / X
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Dossier : Mères et maternités en Grèce ancienne - The Priority of Pots: Pandora's pithos re-viewed - Éditions de l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales
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Dossier : Mères et maternités en Grèce ancienne - The Priority of Pots: Pandora's pithos re-viewed - Éditions de l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales
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Pandora's Box" was actually "Pandora's Jar": A translation error made 500 years ago has persisted to this day. | The Vintage News
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