Hesiod’s Theogony says the gods gave Pandora a golden crown. The poem describes Pandora’s adornment during the divine creation of the first woman, including a crown made by Hephaestus and gifts from the gods.
The Theogony presents Pandora in a shorter and more compressed passage than Works and Days. It emphasizes her creation as a beautiful woman and a source of suffering for humanity. Works and Days expands the narrative by describing the container, its contents, and Pandora’s place in the story following Prometheus’s theft of fire.
Readers often combine details from the two poems because both are attributed to Hesiod and concern the same mythic figure. The golden crown belongs to the Theogony’s description, while the famous opening of the jar is most fully developed in Works and Days. Distinguishing the poems helps identify which ancient source supports a particular detail.