In Greek mythology, Pandora was described as the first woman in Hesiod’s Works and Days.
Hesiod presents her creation after Zeus decides to punish humanity in response to Prometheus’s theft of fire. Hephaestus forms her, while other gods contribute gifts, qualities, or adornments. The narrative consequently places Pandora at the beginning of the human female line within this particular Greek account.
This detail belongs specifically to Hesiod’s version. Greek mythology contains many traditions that do not fit together as one consistent system, and later writers, artists, and interpreters expanded or altered Pandora’s story. Hesiod’s Theogony mentions Pandora but gives less of the detailed creation narrative found in Works and Days.
Calling Pandora the first woman is different from saying she was made from clay in a biblical sense. Hesiod describes divine manufacture and decoration, but the myth is not the same story as the creation of Eve or other origin traditions.