Hesiod is credited with writing both the Theogony and Works and Days, the ancient Greek poems associated with Pandora. He is one of the earliest Greek poets whose works survive substantially, alongside Homer.
The Theogony presents a genealogy and history of the gods, while Works and Days is a didactic poem about justice, labor, farming, and human hardship. Pandora appears in both traditions, but Works and Days supplies the more extended account of her creation, arrival, and opening of the storage jar.
Hesiod’s dates are not known with certainty, although he is generally placed in the late eighth or early seventh century BCE. Because the poems were transmitted through later manuscripts, scholars study their language and structure when assessing their composition. Homer is the common alternative people name when asked about early Greek poetry, but the surviving Pandora narrative is specifically associated with Hesiodic poetry.