In the traditional Pandora myth, hope remained inside the jar after the evils escaped.
Hesiod’s Works and Days says that the contents of the jar flee outward, while Elpis, usually translated as hope, remains within. This detail has prompted centuries of discussion because the text can support different interpretations of whether hope is a comfort preserved for humanity or another thing withheld from it.
Modern summaries generally say that hope stayed behind, making it available to humans despite the arrival of suffering. The story does not provide a modern psychological definition of hope, and translations vary in wording. This is why explanations should distinguish the stable narrative detail from later philosophical interpretations of what Hesiod intended.