Hesiod’s Theogony also mentions Pandora, alongside his Works and Days.
Hesiod was an early Greek poet traditionally dated to the late eighth or early seventh century BCE. His Works and Days provides the fullest surviving ancient narrative of Pandora’s creation, marriage to Epimetheus, and the opening of the container. The Theogony also refers to Pandora, though more briefly, in its account of the divine order and the consequences of Prometheus’s actions.
The two poems are related but serve different purposes. Theogony is primarily a genealogy and history of the gods, while Works and Days combines farming advice, moral teaching, and reflections on justice and human hardship. Pandora’s story fits the second poem’s explanation of why life involves labor and suffering.
Hesiod is sometimes grouped with Homer as one of the foundational poets of archaic Greece. They are distinct authors, however, and the surviving Pandora narrative belongs chiefly to Hesiodic tradition.