Pandora's Box

• 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 (film)[?]
• a video game designed by Alexey Pajitnov, the co-developer of Tetris; see Pandora's Box[?]
• a commercial BDSM establishment in New York