Hesiod calls Pandora the first woman in Works and Days.
Hesiod was an early Greek poet traditionally dated to the late eighth or early seventh century BCE. His Works and Days contains the fullest surviving account of Pandora’s creation, her marriage to Epimetheus, and the opening of the storage jar that releases troubles into the world. The poem describes her as the first woman, making her an important figure in Hesiod’s explanation of human suffering.
Hesiod also discusses Pandora in the Theogony, another major early Greek poem. The two works are related but are not identical: Works and Days gives the more developed narrative sequence, while the Theogony places Pandora within its account of gods and divine order.
Homer is often associated with early Greek epic, but the Pandora story in this form is specifically connected with Hesiod. Later writers, artists, and translators expanded the myth, which is why modern versions may contain details not stated in exactly the same way in Hesiod’s poems.