In Hesiod’s creation story, Athena dressed Pandora in a white robe. The account describes Zeus ordering the gods to prepare the newly formed woman, with Athena providing clothing and arranging her adornment.
Athena was the Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, crafts, and skilled work. Giving Pandora clothing places the scene within a wider pattern of divine craftsmanship: Hephaestus forms her body, while other gods add qualities and presentation.
Pandora’s clothing is significant because the myth emphasizes that she was deliberately prepared for public life among humans. Her appearance is part of the gods’ design, not an accidental detail. Later visual art often depicts her as an idealized young woman, but artists do not always follow Hesiod’s precise sequence of gifts.
This episode belongs mainly to Hesiod’s detailed version in Works and Days. Ancient and modern retellings may condense the gifts into a general statement that all the gods contributed to Pandora.