In Hesiod’s Theogony, Pandora is described as what kind of woman?

In Hesiod’s Theogony, Pandora is described as the first woman.

The poem presents her creation as part of Zeus’s response to Prometheus’s deception and theft of fire. Hephaestus fashions her from earth, while other gods contribute beauty, skill, clothing, and other qualities. This creation story establishes Pandora as a new kind of being in the divine order and links her arrival to the burdens now placed on humanity.

The Theogony’s account is brief compared with the narrative in Works and Days. Hesiod’s two poems are the main early sources, but they emphasize different details. Later writers, artists, and modern retellings expand the story, sometimes treating Pandora as a goddess or as the literal mother of all humans. In Hesiod, however, she is characterized as the first woman, not as an Olympian goddess.