Hesiod is the ancient Greek poet traditionally credited with the surviving Pandora myth.
His Works and Days gives the extended narrative of Pandora, while the Theogony contains a shorter account. These poems are among the earliest surviving Greek literary works and provide important evidence for archaic Greek ideas about gods, labor, justice, and the human condition.
Hesiod is often discussed alongside Homer, but the two poets are associated with different genres and subjects. Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey focus on heroic epic, whereas Hesiod’s poems include genealogies of gods and practical, moral, and agricultural instruction.
The phrase “created the myth” should be understood cautiously. Myths usually circulate orally and change over time, so Hesiod may have recorded and shaped traditions rather than inventing every element himself. Still, he is the earliest named author whose surviving works preserve the Pandora story in substantial form.