Which Hesiod poem gives the longer account of Pandora and her jar?

Hesiod’s Works and Days gives the longer account of Pandora and her jar.

The poem describes Pandora as a woman fashioned by the gods after Zeus decided to punish humanity for Prometheus’s theft of fire. Various deities contribute qualities or possessions, and Hermes brings her to Epimetheus, Prometheus’s brother. Pandora then opens a container, releasing miseries into the world while hope remains inside.

Hesiod also mentions Pandora in Theogony, but that version is much shorter and focuses more directly on the conflict involving Prometheus and Zeus. The two poems are therefore related sources, not interchangeable retellings. A common mistake is to assume that the familiar phrase “Pandora’s box” comes directly from Hesiod; his Greek text refers to a large storage jar, or pithos, rather than a small box.

Works and Days is also a didactic poem about farming, justice, labor, and proper conduct, so the Pandora story appears within a broader discussion of human hardship.