caepit" (finding out too late), in reference to the meaning of Epimetheus' name in Greek.

Another Venetian print, ascribed to Marco Angelo del Moro (active 1565-1586), is much more enigmatic. Usually titled "Pandora's Box, or The Sciences that Illuminate the Human Spirit", it portrays a woman in an antique dress opening an ornate coffer from which spills books, manuscripts, snakes and bats. By Pandora's side is a woman carrying a burning brand, while a horned figure flees in the opposite direction. Above is a curved vault painted