Pandora's Box is the box owned by the mythological figure Pandora, which released all the sorrows of mankind into the world when opened; it also contained the spirit Hope-see Pandora.
Because of this it has gained a number of other meanings:
- a play by Frank Wedekind, Die Büchse der Pandora in the original German; see Pandora's Box (play)
- a film based on the Wedekind play directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Louise Brooks; see Pandora's Box (movie)
- a video game designed by Alexey Pajitnov, the co-developer of Tetris; see Pandora's Box
- a commercial BDSM establishment in New York