In Hesiod’s account of Pandora, Aphrodite gives her beauty and desire. Pandora’s creation is described as a coordinated act by the gods, with each deity contributing a different quality.
Hephaestus forms Pandora, Athena provides clothing and skill, and Hermes supplies deceptive speech and character. Aphrodite’s contribution helps make Pandora attractive and compelling. Hesiod’s story presents these gifts within Zeus’s plan to punish humanity after Prometheus gives humans fire, so Pandora’s beauty is part of the myth’s larger pattern of divine reward and danger.
Aphrodite is the Greek goddess associated with love, beauty, and sexual attraction. Her Roman counterpart is Venus, but Venus is not the name used in the Greek version. Retellings sometimes describe Pandora as receiving “all gifts” without identifying their sources, which can obscure the specific roles assigned to the gods. The details come from Hesiod’s poetry rather than from a single universal version of Greek mythology.