Which ancient Greek work presents Pandora as the first woman created by the gods?

Works and Days presents Pandora as the first woman created by the gods.

Hesiod’s Works and Days combines practical advice with mythic explanations of why human beings experience labor and suffering. In its Pandora episode, Zeus orders the gods to make a woman who will be given to Epimetheus after Prometheus steals fire. The creation is described as part of a punishment imposed on humanity.

The work is not an epic narrative like Homer’s Iliad or Odyssey. It is a didactic poem, concerned with justice, farming, seasonal labor, and proper conduct. Pandora’s story fits that purpose by explaining the origin of troubles and the burdens of mortal life. Hesiod also includes Pandora in the Theogony, but Works and Days is the work most directly associated with the detailed first-woman account and the jar episode. Later versions often simplify the story into a standalone legend.