Hesiod wrote the earliest surviving literary account of Pandora.
Hesiod was an early Greek poet usually dated to the late eighth or early seventh century BC. His poem Works and Days contains the best-known narrative of Pandora’s creation, the opening of the storage jar, and the release of evils into the world.
Hesiod also mentions Pandora in the Theogony, although that passage gives less narrative detail. These works are among the oldest surviving Greek literary texts and are major sources for stories about the gods, humanity, justice, labor, and the origins of suffering.
Pandora’s story is sometimes casually attributed to Homer because Homer is another foundational Greek poet. However, the surviving Homeric epics do not provide the familiar full account. Hesiod is the specific ancient author associated with the earliest surviving written versions of the myth.