In Hesiod’s Pandora myth, hope remained after the other troubles escaped from the jar.
Works and Days says that the jar held destructive forces affecting human life and that Hope remained inside after Pandora closed it. The Greek word is Elpis, a term that can mean hope or expectation. The text’s wording has produced centuries of debate about whether hope was intentionally preserved as a comfort or withheld from humanity.
The popular summary usually says that hope was the last thing left in the box. That phrasing is broadly faithful to the story, but interpretations differ about the moral. Some readers view Hope as a blessing available to people; others see its confinement as part of the punishment. Hesiod does not resolve every later philosophical interpretation.