Short answers, pulled from the story.
Hesiod wrote lines 560 through 612 of his poem Theogony to describe a woman created by Hephaestus on Zeus's orders. This figure was a beautiful evil whose descendants would torment humanity.
The inscription Anesidora above the female figure means she who sends up gifts. Scholars debate whether Pandora meant all-gifted or all-giving based on this artifact.
Erasmus of Rotterdam translated pithos into the Latin word pyxis meaning box during the 16th century. This mistranslation has endured ever since despite the original object being a massive container.
Aumale de Corsenville created one-act verse melodrama Pandore which was performed on the 2nd of July 1789 on the eve of French Revolution. The play appeared shortly after the publication of earlier works like those from 1541 and 1542.
Jean Cousin the Elder painted Eva Prima Pandora in 1550 showing a naked woman reclining in a grotto. Her right elbow rests on a skull indicating death while she holds an apple branch.