In Hesiod’s story, whose theft of fire led Zeus to create Pandora?

In Hesiod’s story, Prometheus’s theft of fire led Zeus to create Pandora.

Prometheus was a Titan who championed humanity. In Hesiod’s Works and Days, he deceives Zeus in the division of an ox and later steals fire for humans after Zeus withholds it. Zeus responds with a punishment that affects both Prometheus and humankind.

For Prometheus, Zeus orders a separate punishment in which the Titan is bound and suffers the repeated eating of his liver. For humanity, Zeus commissions Pandora, who is presented as a beautiful but harmful gift. Her arrival and the opening of the vessel release troubles into human life.

Later literature often treats Prometheus chiefly as a heroic benefactor and emphasizes human progress. Hesiod’s account is more sharply focused on conflict with Zeus and divine retribution. The Pandora episode therefore belongs to a larger Prometheus myth rather than standing alone as an isolated story.