Pithos

A large pithos is sunk deep into the ground.

Cf. also Figure 7 which shows an ancient Greek vase painting in the University of Jena where Hermes is presiding over a body in a pithos buried in the ground.

Erasmus is also generally credited with originating the phrase " Pandora's box ", arising through an error in his translation of Hesiod 's Pandora in which he confused pithos (storage jar) with pyxis (box).

Hesiod's pithos refers to a large storage jar, often half-buried in the ground, used for wine, oil or grain.