In Hesiod’s Works and Days, the goddess Athena clothed Pandora after her creation.
Hesiod describes Pandora as being fashioned by the gods under Zeus’s direction. Athena, the goddess associated with wisdom, strategy, and crafts, gives her clothing. Other divine figures contribute additional qualities: Aphrodite supplies beauty and desire, while Hermes gives her a deceptive or persuasive character in the poem’s account.
This detail is easy to confuse with other Greek creation myths because Athena frequently appears as a protector or benefactor of heroes. In Pandora’s story, however, her role is part of a coordinated divine plan intended to make Pandora appealing to humans.
The gifts do not make Pandora a goddess. She is a woman created by the gods, and Hesiod emphasizes her constructed nature through a series of divine contributions. Later retellings often compress these details into the simpler statement that every god gave Pandora a gift, which explains her name but can obscure which deity performed each specific act.