In Hesiod’s Pandora myth, Athena taught Pandora weaving. The goddess of wisdom and crafts is one of the divine figures who contributes to Pandora’s preparation before she is sent among humans.
Works and Days presents Pandora as a composite creation. Hephaestus forms her body, while gods provide clothing, adornment, speech, and other attributes. Athena’s association with weaving is consistent with her wider place in Greek mythology as a patron of skilled crafts and textile work, especially activities requiring technique and discipline.
The myth should not be confused with later stories in which Athena teaches particular mortal women to weave. In Pandora’s case, the detail belongs to the divine assembly that equips her. Hesiod’s description also emphasizes that Pandora’s beauty and abilities are part of Zeus’s plan after the conflict over Prometheus’s theft of fire.