In Hesiod’s account of Pandora, which poem tells the myth in its fullest surviving form?

Hesiod’s Works and Days tells the fullest surviving version of the Pandora myth.

The poem presents Pandora as part of Zeus’s punishment for humanity after Prometheus gave people fire. The gods equip her with remarkable gifts, and Zeus sends her to Epimetheus, who accepts her despite Prometheus’s warning not to receive gifts from Zeus.

Hesiod also mentions Pandora in Theogony, but that earlier passage is much shorter and focuses mainly on the creation of woman as a punishment. Works and Days supplies the more developed narrative, including Pandora’s arrival among humans and the release of troubles from her container.

The poem is generally dated to the late eighth or early seventh century BCE. It combines myth with practical advice about farming, justice, work, and proper conduct, so Pandora’s story forms part of a larger explanation of why human life contains hardship.