opening the box that she had received from Zeus, releasing all the misfortunes of mankind .. plague, sorrow, poverty, crime, .. once opened, she shut it in time to keep one thing in the box ..HOPE .. the world remained extremely bleak for an unspecified interval, until chanced to revisit the box again, at which point Hope fluttered out .. thus, mankind always has hope in times of evil, but Hope has a great deal of catching up to do, i think ..