Which Hesiod poem tells the story of Pandora releasing evils from her container?

Hesiod’s Works and Days tells the story of Pandora releasing evils from her container.

Works and Days is an ancient Greek didactic poem traditionally attributed to Hesiod, probably composed in the late eighth or early seventh century BCE. It combines advice about farming, justice, work, seafaring, and the proper organization of the year with myths explaining the human condition.

The Pandora episode appears in the poem’s account of how Zeus punished humanity after Prometheus stole fire. Pandora is presented as a fashioned woman whose arrival brings hidden troubles into the world. When she opens the container, the evils escape; hope remains associated with the vessel after it is closed.

Hesiod also mentions Pandora in the Theogony, but that poem does not provide the complete jar-opening narrative. The Iliad and Odyssey are Homeric epics, not the primary source for this particular myth. Modern retellings often blend details from several ancient traditions.