The Works and Days is perhaps best known for its two mythological aetiologies for the toil and pain that define the human condition: the story of Prometheus and Pandora, and the so-called Myth of Five Ages.
《作品与时日》可能最出名的是它的两个神话原因論：辛苦和痛苦，定义了人类的状况：普罗米修斯和潘多拉的故事，以及所谓的五个时代的神话。