Hesiod is traditionally credited with writing both Pandora’s main myths and the Theogony. His Works and Days contains the detailed account of Pandora and the jar, while the Theogony presents a related genealogy and account of the gods.
Hesiod is usually placed in the early archaic period, around the late eighth or early seventh century BCE. Alongside Homer, he is one of the earliest named Greek poets whose works survive. His poetry is especially important for Greek myth because it organizes divine genealogies and links myth to moral or practical instruction.
Attribution in the ancient world was not identical to modern authorship. Scholars study the language, composition, and transmission of Hesiodic poems, and some passages or works associated with his name may have developed over time. Nevertheless, Hesiod is the standard canonical answer for the Pandora narratives.