Which work by Hesiod first records the story of Pandora?

Hesiod’s Theogony is the earliest surviving Greek work to record the story of Pandora.

The poem is a mythological account of the origins of the cosmos, the gods, and the ruling order of Zeus. In its narrative about the conflict between Zeus and Prometheus, it introduces the creation of the first woman as a punishment affecting humanity.

Hesiod also tells a fuller version in Works and Days, written in a more instructional and moralizing style. The two accounts overlap but are not identical: Theogony focuses more briefly on the gods’ roles, while Works and Days gives more detail about Pandora and the container.

Theogony is usually dated to the late eighth or early seventh century BCE. It is therefore important in discussions of the myth, although it is not a complete account of every later detail associated with Pandora’s box.