In Hesiod’s Greek myth, Athena gives Pandora clothing and adornment before she is sent to humanity.
Hesiod describes Pandora as a divinely fashioned woman whose creation involves several Olympian gods. Athena, the goddess associated with wisdom and crafts, equips her with clothing and teaches her skilled handiwork. Other gods contribute different gifts, making Pandora a composite creation rather than the work of one deity alone.
This detail belongs mainly to Hesiod’s account in Works and Days, which presents Pandora’s arrival as part of Zeus’s punishment of humanity after Prometheus stole fire. The gods’ gifts are not uniformly benevolent: Hermes gives Pandora a deceptive mind and a lying nature, while the overall episode explains the origin of human troubles.
A common mix-up is identifying Aphrodite as the deity responsible for Pandora’s clothing. Aphrodite contributes beauty in some summaries, but Athena is the goddess connected with her garments and craft instruction.