According to Hesiod, Hermes gave Pandora her deceptive character and delivered her to Epimetheus. In Works and Days, the messenger god contributes speech and a disposition associated with lies or trickery before taking her to the human world.
Hermes is the Olympian messenger and a god associated with travel, trade, boundaries, language, and cunning. His participation fits the myth’s emphasis on persuasion and concealment. Pandora is presented as attractive and richly adorned, while her purpose is hidden beneath that appealing appearance.
The ancient account distributes Pandora’s qualities among several gods. Hephaestus makes her, Athena clothes and adorns her, and Aphrodite contributes beauty. The exact list and wording vary across translations, but Hermes’s role as bearer and communicator is a stable feature of the Hesiodic narrative.
Modern summaries sometimes credit Hermes with creating Pandora or with giving her the jar. Those details are simplifications. His principal functions in the story are supplying deceptive speech or character and escorting Pandora to Epimetheus.