In the Greek myth of Pandora, which god gave her beauty?

In the Greek myth of Pandora, Aphrodite gave her beauty.

Aphrodite was the Greek goddess associated with love, beauty, and sexual desire. Hesiod’s account presents Pandora as a coordinated divine creation, with different gods contributing qualities that make her attractive, persuasive, and capable of deceiving. Aphrodite’s contribution is therefore part of the gods’ deliberate design.

Pandora was not simply described as an ordinary human woman. She was made by divine command and equipped with gifts from several Olympians. Athena supplied craft knowledge, Hermes supplied deceptive qualities, and other gods contributed additional attributes. These details explain why later summaries often call Pandora “all-gifted.”

A common mix-up is to assign Pandora’s beauty to Athena, because Athena plays an important role in her education and clothing. In the myth, however, Athena is linked with crafts and weaving, while Aphrodite is the goddess associated with beauty. The roles reflect each goddess’s established sphere in Greek mythology.