Pandora closed the vessel after its troubles escaped in the Greek myth.
Hesiod’s account presents Pandora as opening the container and then shutting it again after the contents fly out. The action leaves hope inside, according to the traditional reading of the story. The text does not describe another god rushing in to close the vessel, so the person associated with closing it is Pandora herself.
This point is often blurred by modern retellings, which focus almost entirely on the opening. Some versions portray Pandora as acting from curiosity, while others emphasize that the gods or her circumstances set the event in motion. Regardless of the interpretation, the narrative assigns both opening and closing actions to Pandora.
The exact status of hope has generated centuries of debate. Readers have asked whether hope remaining inside is comforting, or whether it is another form of trouble withheld from humanity. That interpretation question does not change the basic sequence: the vessel opens, its contents escape, and Pandora closes it with hope still remaining.