In the Pandora myth, Aphrodite gives Pandora beauty and sexual allure.
In Works and Days, Pandora is made through a coordinated act by the gods. Aphrodite contributes physical beauty and desirability, helping make Pandora an appealing gift. Athena provides clothing and adornment, while Hermes contributes qualities involving speech and a deceptive mind. The poem’s list presents Pandora as a constructed figure whose attributes come from several divine powers.
Aphrodite’s role should not be confused with Zeus’s role. Zeus orders the creation and uses Pandora in his punishment of humanity, but he is not the god credited with giving her beauty. Likewise, Pandora is not Aphrodite herself. The myth uses the goddess’s characteristic power as one ingredient in Pandora’s presentation as both attractive and dangerous.