Elpis
Ἐλπίς · Roman 스페스 (Spes)
Hope, left at the bottom of the vessel after every evil had escaped.
When Pandora closed the jar, this was the one thing still inside.
The debate has run for two thousand years — was hope spared for humankind, or was even hope taken away?
Hesiod never wrote the answer. Only one thing is certain: everything else in that jar was a curse.
SourcesHesiod, Works and Days
Commonly confused
"Hope remained in Pandora's box" gets quoted as a heartwarming ending, but the original text does not read that way. To remain inside the jar can also mean it never reached the world.