In Hesiod’s account, Athena gave Pandora her clothing and adorned her with a silver-white garment.
Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare, appears among the deities who contribute to Pandora’s preparation. Hesiod’s Works and Days describes her clothing Pandora and placing a wreath around her head. Other gods provide additional qualities, making Pandora a composite creation of the Olympian deities.
Aphrodite is also associated with Pandora’s beauty in the tradition, which can cause confusion about which goddess performed each act. Hermes contributes deceptive speech and a deceitful character in Hesiod’s presentation, while Athena’s role concerns dress and adornment.
The story is not a single modern-style character biography. It is a sequence of divine contributions arranged to create an attractive but dangerous gift for humanity. Athena’s specific contribution is clothing and ornamentation, not the jar’s contents or Pandora’s curiosity.