In Greek mythology, who gave Pandora the gift of beauty?

In Greek mythology, Aphrodite gave Pandora the gift of beauty. Pandora’s creation involved several gods, each contributing a quality that shaped her appearance, abilities, or behavior.

Aphrodite was the Greek goddess associated with love, beauty, and sexual attraction. Her contribution makes Pandora especially compelling in the story, but it also supports Hesiod’s darker presentation of her arrival as a source of trouble for men and for humanity.

Other gods supplied different attributes. Athena taught Pandora crafts, Hermes gave her deceptive or persuasive speech, and Hephaestus fashioned her body. The combined gifts explain the name Pandora, commonly translated as “all-gifted.”

Modern summaries sometimes assign every gift to Aphrodite because beauty is the most famous one. That is incorrect in the traditional division of roles. Aphrodite gave beauty, while the other gods contributed separate qualities. The details vary among later retellings, but this attribution is standard for the Hesiodic account.