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Quotation from Theogony and Works and Days by Hesiod
“Only Hope remained there in an unbreakable home within under the rim of the great jar, and did not fly out at the door”
Theogony and Works and Days, Works and Days, ll. 96-98, trans. Hugh G. Evelyn-White
After Pandora lifts the lid of the jar and scatters its evils among men, only Hope stays inside.
Citation: "Only Hope remained there in an unbreakable home within under the rim of the great jar, and did not fly out at the door" — Hesiod, Theogony and Works and Days, Works and Days, ll. 96-98, trans. Hugh G. Evelyn-White. (id hesiod-theogony-and-works-and-days-q1)
Portrait: Bust of an unknown Greek poet, long identified as Hesiod (the 'Pseudo-Seneca'), Roman copy, British Museum, Unknown Roman sculptor, Public domain.
