In Greek mythology, the Horae place a crown of flowers on Pandora.
This detail comes from Hesiod’s account of Pandora’s creation in Works and Days. Zeus commands the gods to prepare Pandora, and different divine beings provide her with physical adornments, abilities, and character traits. The Horae, goddesses associated with the seasons and orderly passage of time, crown her with flowers.
Pandora’s creation is therefore presented as a coordinated divine production rather than the work of one god alone. Hephaestus forms her, Athena gives her clothing and instruction in women’s work, and other gods contribute beauty, charm, speech, and deceptive qualities. The floral crown is one small part of this larger catalogue of gifts.
The Horae are sometimes confused with other groups of Greek goddesses. The Muses inspire poetry and the arts, the Moirai control fate, and the Erinyes pursue wrongdoing. None of those groups is the one identified in Hesiod’s Pandora episode as placing the flower crown on her.