Which Greek work contains Hesiod’s fullest account of Pandora’s creation?

Works and Days contains Hesiod’s fullest account of Pandora’s creation. This didactic poem combines practical advice about farming and justice with myths explaining the human condition, including the story of Pandora and the origins of hardship.

Hesiod also mentions Pandora in Theogony, but that reference is shorter. Works and Days gives the more developed sequence: Zeus orders the creation, Hephaestus fashions Pandora from earth, the gods contribute qualities, Hermes brings her to Epimetheus, and the container’s contents are released. The poem places the episode within a discussion of why human beings must work and endure difficulties.

The poem is not an epic narrative like the Iliad or Odyssey. It addresses a brother, traditionally named Perses, and offers guidance about farming, seafaring, justice, and household conduct. Its Pandora story is therefore part of a broader moral and social argument rather than an isolated fairy tale.

The title is sometimes written in Greek as Erga kai Hēmerai, meaning “Works and Days.” Because ancient poems circulated in manuscript traditions, details and translations can vary, but the attribution to Hesiod and the poem’s importance for Pandora’s myth are firmly established.