She was not punished; she and the box she got from Zeus upon her marriage to Epimêtheus were meant to fulfill Zeus's will for revenge against mankind (as a means to deliver misfortune into the house of man, or as a way to cheat mankind of the company of the good spirits) because Prometheus who had made them had so favored them above the laws and orders of Zeus. It would than be nine generations until the great hero Herakles came along and released the old Titan from his torture.
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At the bottom of Pandora's box was hope.
Pandora opens the box. all evil leaves the box. Pandora finds hope still sitting at the bottom of the box.
Pandora's box contained all the world's evils...and hope. So if Pandora had a "companion" in the box, I would say her companion would have to be hope.
when pandora stole the key and open the box
ask Pandora's box . heck if i knoe...