In the myth of Pandora’s box, hope remains inside after the troubles escape.
Hesiod’s Works and Days describes the release of destructive conditions from Pandora’s vessel, including forces that afflict human life. The narrative ends with Elpis, the Greek personification of hope, still inside the container. This ending gives the myth its enduring ambiguity: hope may be a resource preserved for humanity, or something withheld while suffering spreads.
The story does not present the remaining presence as a simple modern slogan. Ancient readers and later interpreters have debated whether hope was trapped, protected, or intentionally kept from humans. The text’s brevity leaves room for those competing readings.
Justice, memory, and victory are important concepts in Greek mythology, but none is the named remainder in this episode. The precise answer is hope, corresponding to Elpis in the Greek tradition.