In Greek mythology, Athena gives Pandora a white robe. Hesiod’s Works and Days describes the goddess clothing the newly created woman in a bright garment before the other gods add further gifts.
Athena is the Greek goddess associated with wisdom, strategy, crafts, and skilled work. Her contribution fits the poem’s image of Pandora as a carefully prepared creation assembled by divine powers. The robe also helps establish Pandora’s beauty and presentation before she is sent among human beings.
This detail is easy to confuse with later artistic versions of the myth, in which gods are assigned different gifts or the scene is summarized more generally. Hesiod’s account is the important source for the specific clothing episode. The poem does not describe Athena as Pandora’s mother; Pandora is fashioned by divine command, with Hephaestus playing the central manufacturing role.
The white robe is one part of a wider sequence in which the gods contribute appearance, abilities, and persuasive qualities. These gifts help explain why Pandora can enter the human world convincingly while also fulfilling Zeus’s punitive design.