In which Hesiod poem does the story of Pandora and the container of troubles appear?

The story of Pandora and the container of troubles appears in Hesiod’s poem Works and Days. The poem combines practical guidance with moral, agricultural, and mythological teaching, and it is one of the principal surviving works attributed to Hesiod.

Pandora’s episode helps explain why human life includes labor, illness, and other forms of suffering. In the poem’s wider argument, people are urged to work, respect justice, and avoid destructive behavior. The myth therefore has a purpose beyond telling a memorable story about a container.

Works and Days is conventionally dated to the late eighth or early seventh century BCE, though exact dating remains debated. The poem is also known for its accounts of the Five Ages of Humanity and for advice about farming and seafaring. The Theogony, another Hesiodic work, focuses more directly on divine genealogy and cosmic succession.