Hyginus described Pandora as the first woman in the Latin myth tradition. His Fabulae, a collection of brief mythological summaries, preserves a Latin version of the story.
Gaius Julius Hyginus is traditionally identified as a Roman author and mythographer who lived during the time of Augustus. The authorship and exact date of the surviving Fabulae are subjects of scholarly discussion, but the work is an important source for later knowledge of Greek myths in Latin.
Hyginus’s account uses the name Pandora and places her within the familiar chain of creation, marriage to Epimetheus, and the release of evils. Latin mythographers often condensed Greek narratives, so their versions can differ in wording and emphasis from Hesiod’s poems.
Ovid is a more famous Roman mythological poet, but his Metamorphoses does not provide the standard complete Pandora episode. Hyginus is therefore the more specific answer for this Latin mythographic reference.