In the Greek Pandora myth, Athena dressed Pandora in clothing.
Hesiod’s Works and Days presents Pandora as a figure assembled through contributions from several gods. Hephaestus shaped her from earth, and Athena taught or equipped her with practical skills and clothed her. This divine collaboration explains why Pandora is described as receiving many gifts before she is sent to humanity.
Athena’s role fits her wider identity as a goddess associated with crafts, weaving, wisdom, and organized skill. The clothing is therefore more than a decorative detail: it connects Pandora’s construction with the textile and domestic arts traditionally linked to Athena.
Later retellings often compress the story into a simple list of gifts and may change which deity supplied each one. The surviving Greek accounts differ in wording and emphasis, but Athena’s association with Pandora’s clothing is the standard detail cited from Hesiod’s narrative.