What Greek poetic work describes Pandora as the first woman created by the gods?

Works and Days describes Pandora as the first woman created by the gods.

The poem is attributed to Hesiod and combines farming advice, moral instruction, myths, and reflections on justice. Its Pandora episode explains how Zeus ordered the gods to create a woman after Prometheus brought fire to humanity. The story then follows Pandora’s arrival and the opening of the storage jar.

The “first woman” description belongs to the myth’s explanation of human suffering and labor. It is not a modern biography of a historical person, and Pandora is not presented as a goddess born within the Olympian family. She is a specially fashioned mortal woman made through divine craftsmanship.

The Theogony also contains an important reference to Pandora, but Works and Days supplies the extended narrative. The Iliad and Odyssey are Homeric epics and do not provide this detailed account. That distinction helps identify the correct ancient source when the title is asked directly.