In the myth of Pandora, Athena is described as giving her clothing. Hesiod’s creation scene assigns different contributions to several gods, and Athena provides the garments and adornment associated with Pandora’s appearance.
Athena was the Olympian goddess associated with wisdom, strategic warfare, crafts, and civic protection. Clothing is therefore part of a wider artistic and practical presentation of Pandora as a deliberately fashioned figure. The story does not describe her as emerging naturally; divine craftsmanship and decoration are central to her introduction.
Different translations of Hesiod can vary in wording and in how they divide the gods’ contributions. Later retellings often simplify the list into a general statement that all the gods gave Pandora gifts. Athena’s specific role belongs to the more detailed literary account. It should also be distinguished from later artistic traditions, which sometimes assign symbolic meanings to every item of clothing beyond what Hesiod explicitly says.