In Hesiod's Works and Days, what did Pandora do immediately after the evils escaped from the jar?

In Hesiod’s Works and Days, Pandora closed the lid immediately after the evils escaped from the jar.

The poem says that the contents flew out when the container was opened, spreading misery among mortals. Pandora then replaced the lid, leaving only hope inside. This action gives the episode its familiar sequence: opening, release, closing, and the confinement of the final occupant.

Many later versions describe Pandora as deliberately curious or as repeatedly trying to reopen the container. Hesiod’s wording is more compact and does not provide the elaborate suspense found in modern retellings. The poem also calls the container a pithos, a large earthenware jar.

The lid matters because the story is not simply about an object being broken. Pandora opens a seal, the evils escape, and the remaining contents are cut off when she closes it again. That precise action explains why hope is traditionally said to remain within.