In Hesiod’s myth of Pandora, Athena gives her instruction in household skills.
The detail appears in Hesiod’s Theogony, where Pandora is assembled through gifts from several gods. Athena teaches her useful crafts, especially weaving, while other deities contribute different qualities. Hephaestus shapes her from earth, and Aphrodite gives her beauty and desire. Hermes supplies a deceptive mind and a lying tongue in the hostile version of the story.
Pandora’s creation is therefore presented as a coordinated divine project rather than the work of a single god. The gods’ gifts make her attractive and socially capable, but the narrative also frames those qualities through a strongly suspicious ancient Greek view of women and marriage. Popular retellings often reduce the episode to a simple “box” story and omit the individual divine contributions. Athena’s role is especially easy to confuse with Aphrodite’s, because both goddesses contribute to Pandora’s characterization but in different ways.