Which work by Hesiod gives the fullest surviving account of Pandora opening her vessel?

Works and Days gives the fullest surviving account of Pandora opening her vessel.

Hesiod’s poem is a didactic work about farming, justice, labor, and proper conduct. Within that broader subject, Hesiod explains the origin of human toil and suffering through the story of Prometheus, Zeus, Pandora, and the vessel. The episode is not an isolated fairy tale but part of an argument about why people must work and endure hardship.

Hesiod also mentions Pandora in the Theogony, an earlier or related poem about the origins and genealogy of the gods. That passage is shorter and does not provide the same detailed narrative of the vessel’s opening. Works and Days is therefore the key source for the familiar scene.

Ovid’s Metamorphoses is sometimes mistakenly cited because it contains many Greek myths in Latin form. Its treatment of Pandora is not the primary surviving source for this particular account; Hesiod is the essential early authority.