Hesiod wrote both Theogony and Works and Days, the key surviving ancient Greek poems for Pandora’s myth. His accounts provide the earliest substantial literary evidence about Pandora.
The Theogony briefly introduces Pandora in the context of Zeus’s punishment of Prometheus and humanity. Works and Days gives a fuller narrative, including Pandora’s creation, her marriage to Epimetheus, and the release of troubles from her sealed vessel.
Hesiod is usually placed in the late eighth or early seventh century BCE, although the exact dates remain uncertain. He is traditionally discussed alongside Homer as one of the earliest major Greek poets.
Pandora’s story was expanded and transformed by later writers, artists, translators, and modern popular culture. Those later versions should not be treated as identical to Hesiod’s original poems.