In Greek mythology, Athena is associated with teaching Pandora the craft of weaving.
Athena was the Greek goddess especially connected with wisdom, skilled crafts, and textile work. In Hesiod’s description of Pandora’s creation, the gods provide different qualities or accomplishments, and Athena teaches the new woman practical skills associated with feminine labor in ancient Greek society.
This contribution is distinct from the work of Hephaestus, who is associated with fashioning Pandora’s body, and from Aphrodite, who contributes beauty and desire. Modern retellings often reduce the creation to Zeus and a single act of construction, but the older story emphasizes a coordinated divine presentation.
Athena’s connection with weaving also appears elsewhere in Greek mythology, most famously in the story of Arachne. That separate myth centers on a mortal weaver who challenges Athena. The association does not mean Pandora was Athena’s daughter; Pandora was created under Zeus’s command and given gifts by several gods.