In Hesiod’s account of Pandora, Aphrodite gave her beauty and desire.
Pandora’s creation is described as a coordinated divine project. Zeus orders the plan, Hephaestus forms Pandora, Athena teaches her crafts, and Aphrodite contributes qualities associated with attraction. Hesiod’s wording presents these gifts as part of the design that makes Pandora compelling to humans.
This role is often confused with the contributions of the Graces, who are also associated with beauty and charm in Greek mythology. Hesiod’s account, however, names Aphrodite in connection with grace and desirability. The story is not a simple account of one goddess making Pandora beautiful; it is a catalog of divine contributions that gives the first woman both social appeal and a dangerous place in Zeus’s punishment of humanity.