In Greek mythology, Pandora was called “Woman” before she received the name Pandora. Hesiod’s Theogony first describes the newly created female figure without using the later personal name that appears in Works and Days.
This distinction matters because the two poems present related but not identical versions of the myth. Theogony describes Zeus’s creation of a beautiful woman as part of his punishment of humanity after Prometheus takes fire. In Works and Days, the figure is named Pandora and receives a series of divine qualities and adornments.
English translations differ in capitalization and phrasing. Some render the Greek simply as “woman,” while others use “a woman” or “the woman.” The canonical short answer is therefore Woman, rather than a separate personal name.
Modern summaries often merge both poems into one continuous narrative. Reading the texts separately shows how the character’s name and the detailed gift-giving episode belong especially to the later presentation in Works and Days.