Works and Days is the ancient Greek poem that pairs the Pandora story with an explanation of human suffering. It is attributed to Hesiod and combines mythology with practical guidance about farming, justice, labor, and household life.
The Pandora episode appears after the conflict between Zeus and Prometheus. Pandora opens the vessel, allowing troubles to spread among humans, and the poem uses this event to explain why life requires work and why hardship is part of the human condition.
The Iliad and Odyssey are Homeric epics focused mainly on heroic war, travel, and the consequences of conflict. The Argonautica is a much later epic about Jason and the Argonauts. Although these works belong to Greek literary tradition, they do not provide the specific Pandora account found in Works and Days.