Which Roman author wrote a version of Pandora’s story in the poem Works and Days?

No Roman author wrote the poem Works and Days; it was written by the Greek poet Hesiod.

Works and Days is an archaic Greek poem, not a Roman work. It contains the most influential surviving narrative of Pandora’s creation, her arrival at Epimetheus’s home, and the release of suffering from the vessel.

Roman writers later adapted Greek myths, and Ovid’s Metamorphoses includes related creation and punishment traditions. However, Ovid is not the author of Works and Days and is not the source of the earliest full Pandora account.

This distinction matters because Greek and Roman mythology are often blended in popular summaries. Pandora’s story began in archaic Greek literature, while later Roman and European writers helped transmit, reinterpret, and illustrate it. The poem’s title and author therefore provide a useful way to identify the myth’s original surviving literary source.