In Hesiod’s Works and Days, Hermes gives Pandora deceptive speech.
Hesiod describes Pandora as receiving a set of qualities from several gods before Zeus sends her to Epimetheus. Hermes, the divine messenger, contributes a deceptive mind and speech. This detail connects Pandora’s creation with the poem’s broader theme of appearances that conceal danger.
Pandora’s gifts are not presented as a simple list of blessings. The gods provide beauty, clothing, skill, charm, and persuasive speech, but Zeus’s purpose is punitive: Pandora is part of the punishment imposed on humanity after Prometheus steals fire. Hermes’s role is especially important because it gives Pandora the ability to communicate in a misleading way.
Modern retellings often assign every gift to Zeus or Athena, but Hesiod distributes them among different gods. The question concerns the specific literary version in Works and Days, not every later artistic adaptation of the myth.