Pandora

Amber Noble ‘26

Pandora and her box are well known, perhaps the most popular Greek myth. I honored the story here through a mostly literal retelling. Pandora, the first mortal woman on Earth, was gifted a box by the gods and instructed not to open it. Being curious, she decided to look within, if only for a moment, and accidentally released several evils on the world, from death to plague. Unwittingly, one last spirit remained in the box — Hope, depicted here through a small figure peeking out from the inside of a box.

Ode to the Owl

O woman, don’t cry.

Let them see what your eyes are made of:

orange nectar of the night.

O woman, don’t cry.

Raise that sword and shield in hands of metal and marble:

Nike with curved wings, round wreath in palms.

O woman, don’t cry.

Show them how far your roots delve into Earth,

built to withstand the waves of Poseidon —

Athens knows you are the favorite daughter.

O woman, don’t cry.

Twine the snakes of Medusa’s hair up your trunk like thread:

make her reap the olives you sow.

You night-fallen bird, you virgin,

you victim of war, spread your soiled feathers

of blood and maidenly chastity.

Gabriella Escobar ‘26

Ode to the Owl is an ode to Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, warfare, and craft. I feel as though a lot of the Greek gods and goddesses are misunderstood and that the Greek pantheon is patriarchal in nature. We don’t give a lot of credit to the goddesses who reigned during that time.