In the Greek myth of Pandora’s box, Hermes gave Pandora persuasive speech and a deceptive nature.
Hesiod describes the gods contributing different qualities to Pandora. Hermes, the messenger of the gods, is associated in the account with speech and with a character capable of deception. These gifts fit his wider mythological profile as a clever intermediary, traveler, herald, and trickster figure.
Pandora’s attractiveness and social power are therefore presented as a coordinated divine construction rather than as a single gift from one deity. Hephaestus shaped her, Athena taught her crafts, Aphrodite supplied beauty, and Hermes gave qualities that helped her persuade and mislead. The gods’ contributions support Zeus’s larger plan.
Modern summaries sometimes attribute every gift to Zeus or describe Hermes only as Pandora’s messenger. The more specific Hesiodic detail is that Hermes contributes her voice and deceptive disposition. That distinction makes the question about Hermes different from the question of who ordered Pandora’s creation.