In Greek mythology, Hermes gave Pandora her voice and deceptive speech. Hesiod’s Works and Days describes the gods contributing different qualities to Pandora, including the ability to speak and a character associated with cunning or deceit.
Hermes was the Olympian messenger and was also linked with boundaries, travel, trade, trickery, and eloquence. Those associations make him a fitting deity for the part of Pandora’s construction involving language and persuasive speech. He is not the god who shaped Pandora’s body from earth; that role is assigned to Hephaestus in the commonly cited version of the myth.
The exact wording varies between translations of Hesiod. Some translations emphasize a “voice,” while others describe speech, manners, or a deceptive mind. These differences reflect choices made by translators working from ancient Greek rather than different modern versions of the plot.
Pandora’s gifts are therefore not all positive in the modern sense. Her beauty, clothing, speech, and social qualities help make her irresistible, but Hesiod frames the creation as part of Zeus’s punishment after Prometheus’s theft of fire.