In Hesiod’s Works and Days, Athena teaches Pandora skilled handiwork. This part of Pandora’s creation presents her as a carefully assembled figure whose qualities come from several Olympian gods.
Athena is associated with practical skill, craftsmanship, and textile work, so her instruction gives Pandora the ability to perform refined handicrafts. Other gods contribute different qualities: Hephaestus forms her, Aphrodite provides charm, and Hermes supplies deceptive mental qualities and speech.
The account is sometimes simplified into a list of gifts from individual gods, but Hesiod’s story is more specifically about divine contributions to Pandora’s appearance, abilities, and character. Athena’s role concerns craftsmanship rather than naming Pandora, opening the vessel, or creating the plan behind her arrival among humans.