Hesiod wrote the Theogony, an ancient Greek poem that mentions Pandora. Hesiod is also the author of Works and Days, the poem containing the fuller surviving narrative of Pandora’s creation and her vessel.
The Theogony is a major account of the origins and succession of the Greek gods. It focuses on divine genealogies, beginning with primordial beings and continuing through the rise of Zeus and the Olympians. Pandora appears briefly in the poem in connection with the punishment of humanity.
Works and Days gives the more developed version of the story, including the divine gifts, Pandora’s arrival, and the release of evils. Because both poems are attributed to Hesiod, readers sometimes confuse which text contains which details.
Hesiod is generally dated to the late eighth or early seventh century BCE, although the exact dates remain uncertain. The poems survive through later manuscript transmission and are central sources for Greek mythology.