In Hesiod’s myth, whom did Zeus command to create Pandora?

In Hesiod’s myth, Zeus commanded Hephaestus to create Pandora.

Hephaestus was the Greek god of fire, metalworking, and craftsmanship, making him the natural divine artisan for the task. In Works and Days, Zeus orders him to shape a woman from earth as part of a punishment directed at humanity after Prometheus stole fire and gave it to mortals.

The creation is not presented as an act of kindness. Zeus intends Pandora to become a source of suffering for humans, and the other gods contribute additional qualities or objects to complete the design. Hermes later gives her a deceptive nature and leads her to Epimetheus, Prometheus’s brother.

A common mix-up is identifying Prometheus as Pandora’s creator. Prometheus is connected to the theft of fire and to the warning that Epimetheus should not accept gifts from Zeus, but Hesiod assigns the physical making of Pandora to Hephaestus. Later artistic traditions often expand the scene into a workshop populated by several gods.