In Hesiod’s Works and Days, the first woman in Greek mythology is called Pandora. Hesiod introduces her as a divinely fashioned woman created after Zeus’s conflict with Prometheus and humanity’s possession of fire.
The story says that the gods give Pandora different gifts, which explains the meaning of her name. Hesiod’s account is one of the earliest surviving literary versions of the myth and is central to later ideas about Pandora and the sealed container. His narrative links her arrival to the consequences of Prometheus’s actions rather than presenting her as an ordinary human birth.
Pandora is sometimes described in modern summaries as “the first woman,” but details differ between ancient sources and later artistic interpretations. The famous opening of the container is also often simplified: Hesiod’s original account describes a jar, while the English phrase “Pandora’s box” became standard much later.
The myth belongs to Greek poetry, not to a single canonical religious scripture. Hesiod’s Works and Days and Theogony are especially important because they preserve different details about Pandora’s creation and role.