Which surviving Hesiodic poem gives the fullest literary account of Pandora’s creation?

Works and Days gives the fullest surviving Hesiodic literary account of Pandora’s creation.

Works and Days is a didactic poem attributed to Hesiod and generally dated to the late eighth or early seventh century BCE. Its Pandora episode explains the origin of human suffering within a broader poem about farming, justice, labor, and proper conduct.

The poem describes Zeus ordering the creation of a woman after Prometheus helps humanity by stealing fire. It names divine contributors and recounts the opening of the storage jar that releases troubles. The shorter related passage in Hesiod’s Theogony also refers to Pandora, but Works and Days supplies the more developed narrative.

Modern retellings commonly say “Pandora’s box,” although the ancient Greek text describes a large jar or storage vessel. The poem’s details are therefore important when distinguishing the original account from later popular adaptations.