In Hesiod’s Works and Days, Athena taught Pandora practical skills such as weaving. The goddess is one of several deities involved in making Pandora.
Hesiod presents Pandora as a carefully assembled gift from the gods. Hephaestus shapes her, Athena gives her clothing and skill, and Aphrodite contributes beauty and desire. Hermes gives her a deceptive or deceptive-minded character in the poem’s moral framework. These contributions make Pandora a composite figure rather than the creation of one god alone.
Weaving was a culturally important skill in ancient Greek society and was strongly associated with women’s domestic work. Athena herself was celebrated as a master of weaving, especially in mythic contests and civic cult. This detail is sometimes blurred in modern summaries that simply say the gods gave Pandora beauty, but Hesiod’s account names specific divine contributions.