Which Hesiod poem describes Pandora as the source of troubles released among humanity?

Works and Days describes Pandora as the source of troubles released among humanity. Hesiod places the story within a wider explanation of why mortal life contains hardship, labor, and suffering.

The poem recounts how Zeus responded to Prometheus’s theft of fire. He ordered the gods to create Pandora, who was sent to Prometheus’s brother Epimetheus. When the vessel was opened, evils spread among humans, while hope remained inside.

Works and Days is not solely a mythological narrative. It also offers advice about farming, seafaring, justice, household management, and the value of honest work. The Pandora episode supports the poem’s larger interest in the difficult conditions of human existence.

Theogony, another poem attributed to Hesiod, also mentions Pandora, but Works and Days is the principal source for the detailed jar episode. The Iliad and Odyssey are Homeric epics, while Metamorphoses is a much later Latin poem by Ovid.