Who is Pandora from Theogony and Works and Days and what is their importance?

Pandora is the woman that Zeus bids Hephaestus to form to punish mankind for taking fire. Athene, Aphrodite and Hermes also assist in preparing her. She opens a box that releases plagues on the world. Pandora is described in "Theogony" and "Works and Days," but only named in "Works and Days."