Which work by Hesiod gives the fullest surviving account of Pandora’s creation?

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

The poem describes how Zeus orders Pandora’s creation after Prometheus gives fire to humanity. It names several divine contributions to her appearance and character, then explains her marriage to Epimetheus and the opening of the vessel containing hardships. The passage forms part of a broader discussion of human labor, justice, and the difficult conditions of mortal life.

Hesiod’s Theogony also mentions Pandora, but its treatment is shorter and more tightly connected to divine genealogy. The two works are therefore related sources, not identical versions with equal detail.

The Works and Days is a didactic poem addressed to Hesiod’s brother Perses. Its Pandora episode is not an isolated fairy tale: it helps explain why human beings must work and why suffering exists. Later retellings often detach the story from that agricultural and moral context.