In Hesiod’s account of Pandora, Athena provided her clothing. The goddess of wisdom and crafts is one of the deities who equips Pandora before she is presented to humanity.
Pandora’s creation is a collaborative divine act. Hephaestus shapes her, and several gods contribute physical qualities, skills, or forms of adornment. Athena’s role concerns clothing and related handiwork, linking the episode with her traditional association with weaving and crafts.
This is separate from the tradition that Athena teaches Pandora women’s crafts. The two details are related but not identical: one concerns the clothing supplied during Pandora’s creation, while the other concerns a skill attributed to her.
The account appears in Hesiod’s Works and Days, where Pandora is introduced as part of Zeus’s punishment after Prometheus brings fire to humans. Later artists often emphasize her elaborate dress, making Athena’s contribution visually prominent.