In Hesiod’s Pandora story, Athena supplied Pandora with clothing and ornaments.
Pandora is not made or equipped by one god alone. Hesiod describes a collaborative divine creation in which the gods provide distinct gifts. Athena, the goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and skilled crafts, dresses Pandora and gives her adornment. Other gods contribute additional traits, making the figure appear beautiful, capable, and persuasive while also serving Zeus’s deceptive purpose.
This detail matters because the myth’s name and structure emphasize many divine contributions. Pandora is presented as a constructed figure whose qualities are assembled by the Olympians. The story is therefore different from later images that treat her as an ordinary woman who merely discovers a mysterious container.
Translations and retellings sometimes simplify the list of gifts or assign them differently. Hesiod’s account is the key source for the traditional division of roles. Athena’s contribution is specifically associated with clothing and decoration, while Hephaestus is associated with fashioning the figure from earth.