In which poem does Hesiod tell the main surviving Greek myth of Pandora?

Hesiod tells the main surviving Greek myth of Pandora in his poem Works and Days. The poem combines farming advice, moral instruction, reflections on justice, and stories about humanity’s declining ages.

Pandora appears in the poem’s account of why human life contains toil and suffering. Zeus orders her creation after Prometheus steals fire, and the gods equip her with attractive but dangerous qualities. Her opening of the container becomes part of the poem’s explanation for the hardships experienced by mortals.

Hesiod also mentions Pandora in the Theogony, but that shorter reference does not provide the full narrative. The Iliad and Odyssey are Homeric epics and are not the principal sources for this story. Works and Days is therefore the specific ancient literary work most directly associated with the complete Pandora episode.