Which work by Hesiod gives the fullest ancient account of Pandora and her jar?

Hesiod’s Works and Days gives the fullest ancient account of Pandora and her jar.

Works and Days is an archaic Greek poem that combines farming advice, moral instruction, mythology, and reflections on justice. Its Pandora episode appears while Hesiod explains why human beings must work and why life contains suffering. The poem connects these conditions with Prometheus’s theft of fire and Zeus’s response.

The story also appears in a shorter or related form in Hesiod’s Theogony, but Works and Days provides the more developed narrative. It describes Pandora’s creation, the gifts given by the gods, her arrival among mortals, and the opening of the container.

The poem is traditionally attributed to Hesiod and is generally dated to around the late eighth or early seventh century BCE. Because ancient texts survive through manuscript transmission and dating remains approximate, scholars usually avoid assigning it to one precise year.