Theogony mentions Pandora in a shorter account alongside Prometheus. The poem is attributed to Hesiod and describes the origins, genealogies, and succession of the Greek gods.
Compared with Works and Days, the Theogony passage is brief. It connects Pandora with Zeus’s response to Prometheus and emphasizes the consequences of the Titan’s actions for humanity. The fuller narrative of Pandora’s creation, marriage, and jar appears in Works and Days.
Theogony is one of the principal surviving sources for early Greek mythology. Its subject is not only a list of divine names; it also presents a story of cosmic order, beginning with primordial entities and moving through generations of gods until Zeus establishes supremacy.
Readers sometimes assume that every detail of the familiar Pandora story comes from one poem. In fact, the surviving versions differ in emphasis, and later authors, translators, and artists combine details from both Hesiodic works with later interpretations.