Hesiod wrote Works and Days, the ancient Greek poem containing the famous Pandora story.
Works and Days is generally dated to the late eighth or early seventh century BCE. It combines advice about farming and justice with myths explaining why human life includes labor, hardship, and suffering.
The poem’s Pandora episode follows the conflict between Zeus and Prometheus. Zeus sends Pandora to Epimetheus, and her opening of the storage jar releases evils into the world while Elpis remains inside.
Hesiod also discusses Pandora in the Theogony, though the two accounts differ in details and emphasis. The Works and Days version is especially important because it connects the myth directly with the human experience of work and the consequences of divine punishment.