Hesiod’s Works and Days tells the story of Pandora’s creation and the release of human troubles.
Works and Days is a didactic poem attributed to Hesiod and generally dated to the Archaic period of Greece. It combines advice about farming and justice with myths explaining why human life includes labor, suffering, and moral uncertainty. The Pandora episode appears within that broader discussion.
The poem describes Zeus’s response to Prometheus and humanity’s possession of fire. Hephaestus creates Pandora, the gods adorn her, and she is sent to Epimetheus. Her container is opened, releasing evils or troubles while Hope remains inside.
Theogony, also attributed to Hesiod, is primarily a genealogy and origin account of the gods. It mentions Pandora-related material but does not provide the full familiar episode in the same way. Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey likewise do not serve as the main source for this myth, making Works and Days the precise answer.