In Hesiod’s account of Pandora, Hermes gave her the ability to speak.
Hesiod’s Works and Days presents Pandora as a divinely assembled figure. The gods contribute different gifts and qualities, and Hermes, the messenger of the gods, gives her speech. He is also associated with communication, language, travel, and interpretation in Greek mythology, making the attribution fit his wider divine role.
The story does not describe Pandora as an ordinary human woman created through natural birth. Instead, the gods construct and equip her at Zeus’s command, with each contribution reinforcing the myth’s theme of divine design.
Later retellings often simplify the list of gifts or assign them differently. They may also treat Pandora’s curiosity as her defining gift, although Hesiod’s account emphasizes the actions and attributes supplied by the gods rather than presenting a single explicit “curiosity gift” from one deity.