Zeus ordered the other gods to create Pandora as a punishment for humanity in Hesiod’s myth.
The command follows Prometheus’s deception of Zeus and his theft of fire for human beings. In Works and Days, Zeus responds by arranging the creation of a woman whose arrival will bring trouble to the human race. Hephaestus forms her, while other gods contribute abilities, ornaments, and gifts.
This sequence makes Pandora part of a larger conflict between Zeus, Prometheus, and humanity. The myth is not merely a story about curiosity; it also explains divine anger and why mortal life contains labor and suffering. In Hesiod’s strongly patriarchal framework, Pandora’s creation is connected to the origin of women and marriage as well as to the spread of troubles.
Later retellings often present Pandora as acting independently from the start. In the ancient account, however, Zeus is the authority behind the plan, and the other gods carry out different parts of it.