Which Greek work gives the fuller surviving account of Pandora opening the vessel?

Works and Days gives the fuller surviving account of Pandora opening the vessel. The poem is attributed to Hesiod and combines practical advice about farming and justice with myths explaining the human condition.

In its mythic material, the poem describes Zeus’s punishment after Prometheus gives fire to humans. Pandora is created and equipped by the gods, then sent to Epimetheus. After opening the jar, she releases evils into the world, while Hope remains inside.

Hesiod also mentions Pandora in Theogony, but that poem offers a shorter and less developed treatment. The Odyssey and Iliad are Homeric epics and do not provide the familiar complete Pandora narrative. Plato’s Republic is a philosophical dialogue, not the principal literary source for this myth.

Works and Days is especially important because it connects Pandora’s story with labor, suffering, justice, and the limits placed on human prosperity. The jar episode is therefore part of a larger explanation of why mortal life requires work and endurance.