In Hesiod’s Works and Days, what is the title of the poem containing Pandora’s story?

In Hesiod’s Works and Days, the poem containing Pandora’s story is titled Works and Days.

Works and Days is an ancient Greek poem traditionally attributed to Hesiod. It combines advice about farming, seafaring, justice, work, and proper social behavior with myths explaining the human condition. The Pandora episode appears in this broader moral and practical setting rather than as an isolated fairy tale.

The poem presents Zeus’s punishment of humanity after Prometheus’s theft of fire. Pandora is fashioned by the gods and sent to Epimetheus, and the opening of her container introduces suffering into human life. The episode is followed by other famous material, including the myth of the five ages of humanity.

Theogony also contains a shorter reference to Pandora, which is why the two works are frequently confused. Theogony focuses more broadly on divine genealogy and the origins of the cosmos. Works and Days is the specific title expected when identifying the principal surviving poem associated with the full Pandora narrative.