The standard Greek name for the hope that stayed in Pandora’s container is Elpis.
Elpis is the Greek personification or concept of hope. In Hesiod’s account, after Pandora opens the container, evils spread into the world, but Elpis remains inside when the lid is closed. English translations usually render the word simply as “hope,” which can obscure that the Greek term is also treated as a named mythological figure or personified idea.
Elpis is not the same as Nike, the personification of victory, or Eris, the goddess associated with strife. Those figures belong to different parts of Greek mythology and are sometimes confused because they are short, familiar Greek names.
The story’s final image is deliberately compact: the evils leave, while Elpis remains. Ancient and modern interpreters have disagreed about whether that makes hope a blessing, a withheld resource, or something more ambiguous.