In Hesiod’s Pandora story, Hermes gives Pandora her voice and a persuasive way of speaking. The Works and Days describes a series of divine contributions to Pandora, who is made at Zeus’s command as part of his punishment of humanity.
Hermes is associated with communication, eloquence, messages, and deception, so his contribution fits the story’s portrayal of Pandora as persuasive and potentially misleading. The Greek text also connects Hermes with a mind capable of cunning and a character suited to the gods’ deceptive plan.
Modern summaries often compress all of Pandora’s attributes into a single list of gifts from “the gods.” That wording is broadly correct but hides the individual roles assigned in Hesiod’s account. Hermes is not the god who shapes Pandora’s body; that task belongs to Hephaestus. Nor is Hermes the god who leaves hope in the container.