Hesiod wrote the earlier surviving version of Pandora’s creation in Theogony.
Hesiod was an early Greek poet traditionally dated to the late eighth or early seventh century BCE. His Theogony describes the origins and genealogies of the gods, and it includes an early account of the woman created as punishment for Prometheus’s theft of fire.
Hesiod also tells the more detailed version in Works and Days. That poem supplies the narrative of Pandora’s arrival, the jar, and the release of human troubles. The two poems overlap but are not identical in emphasis: Theogony is more focused on divine origins, while Works and Days places the myth within a discussion of human labor and suffering.
Homer is often named as a general representative of early Greek epic, but the surviving Pandora accounts are associated with Hesiod. Later writers, artists, and filmmakers expanded the story, yet Hesiod remains the foundational ancient source.