Hope remained in Pandora’s container after the evils escaped in the Greek myth of Pandora’s box.
In Hesiod’s Works and Days, Pandora opens a sealed vessel and releases illnesses, suffering, and other troubles into the world. She closes it again before everything inside can escape. Hope is the final presence associated with the container.
The Greek wording is debated. The term elpis can mean hope, expectation, or anticipation, so scholars disagree about whether Hope is presented as a blessing kept for humanity or as something withheld inside the jar. Modern retellings usually treat it positively.
The story is often confused with the later expression “Pandora’s box.” Hesiod described a jar or storage vessel, not necessarily a box, and the surviving ancient account does not describe every evil by a detailed individual name.