In which ancient Greek poem does Hesiod tell the fullest surviving story of Pandora?

Hesiod tells the fullest surviving story of Pandora in Works and Days.

Works and Days is an ancient Greek didactic poem traditionally attributed to Hesiod. It combines advice about farming and seasonal labor with reflections on justice, human hardship, family disputes, and relations between mortals and the gods. The Pandora episode appears within this wider explanation of why life involves suffering and demanding work.

The poem connects Pandora with the aftermath of Prometheus’s theft of fire. Zeus sends a deceptive gift to humanity, and Pandora’s opening of the vessel releases troubles that had previously been hidden. The account also explains that Hope remains behind after the evils escape.

Pandora is mentioned in Hesiod’s Theogony as well, but that poem offers a shorter treatment. Readers sometimes attribute the entire story to Homer because Homer is the best-known early Greek poet. However, the surviving literary account that gives the narrative its familiar structure belongs to Hesiod’s Works and Days.