In which Hesiod poem is the detailed story of Pandora opening the jar found?

The detailed story of Pandora opening the jar is found in Hesiod’s Works and Days. The poem combines advice about farming and daily labor with reflections on justice, divine order, and the difficult condition of human life.

The Pandora episode appears early in the poem as an explanation for why humans must work and endure suffering. It follows the conflict between Zeus and Prometheus over fire and describes how the gods created and equipped Pandora before sending her to Epimetheus.

Hesiod’s Theogony also mentions Pandora, but Works and Days provides the narrative most closely associated with the container and its contents. The Iliad and Odyssey are Homeric epics and do not contain the standard opening-of-the-jar story. Identifying the poem matters because later retellings often blend details from several ancient traditions.