In the Pandora myth, Athena gave Pandora clothing and adornment. In Hesiod’s account, the gods prepare Pandora after Hephaestus shapes her from earth, and Athena dresses her in a gleaming garment.
Athena was the goddess associated with wisdom, strategic warfare, crafts, and skilled work. Clothing Pandora is therefore consistent with Athena’s connection to textile craft and practical arts. Other gods contribute additional qualities, so the completed figure represents a coordinated divine project rather than the work of one deity alone.
Aphrodite is often chosen in modern guesses because she is associated with beauty, but Hesiod’s named contributor for Pandora’s clothing is Athena. The myth also describes divine adornment more generally, including a wreath and other gifts. These details help explain why the name Pandora is traditionally understood as “All-gifted.”