Hesiod is credited with the earliest surviving written account of Pandora.
The story appears in two poems attributed to Hesiod: the Theogony and Works and Days. The fuller narrative is in Works and Days, where Zeus sends Pandora to humanity after Prometheus steals fire.
Hesiod lived during the late eighth or early seventh century BCE, although the exact dates are uncertain. His poems are among the principal surviving sources for early Greek mythology.
Hesiod is sometimes confused with Homer because both are foundational Greek poets, but they are associated with different poetic traditions. Homer is linked chiefly with epic narratives such as the Iliad and Odyssey, while Hesiod provides genealogies and moral or instructional poetry.