Which ancient Greek work contains the phrase “hope alone remained” in the Pandora story?

The ancient Greek work containing the Pandora story in which hope remains is Works and Days.

Works and Days is a didactic poem attributed to Hesiod and generally dated to the archaic period of Greek literature. It combines advice about farming, seasonal labor, justice, and moral conduct with mythic explanations of humanity’s condition. The Pandora episode appears in that wider discussion rather than as an isolated adventure.

In the story, Zeus has the gods create Pandora after Prometheus’s conflict with him. Pandora opens the container, releasing evils into the world, but hope remains inside when the vessel is closed. The exact wording varies among translations, and the Greek term elpis can be understood as hope or expectation.

The Iliad and Odyssey are Homeric epics and do not contain the familiar Pandora narrative. The Republic is a philosophical dialogue by Plato, not a source for this myth. Works and Days is therefore the most specific canonical answer when the question asks for the ancient work containing this episode.