In Hesiod’s Pandora story, Athena clothed Pandora in a shining white garment. The scene appears in the account of Pandora’s creation, where Zeus orders the gods to make a woman whose appearance and abilities will help carry out his punishment of humanity.
Athena, goddess of wisdom, warfare, and crafts, is described as dressing Pandora and teaching her skills associated with textile work. Other deities contribute different qualities: Hephaestus forms her from earth, Aphrodite gives her beauty and desire, and Hermes supplies deceptive speech and a deceptive character. These contributions make Pandora a composite divine creation rather than the invention of one god alone.
Later retellings often reduce the episode to the opening of a box, but Hesiod’s poem spends substantial space explaining how Pandora is assembled and adorned. The garment detail belongs to that creation sequence and is distinct from the later gift of the sealed container.