Which god created Pandora’s body in Hesiod’s account of the myth?

Hephaestus created Pandora’s body in Hesiod’s account of the myth.

In Works and Days, Zeus orders Hephaestus to make a likeness of a young woman from earth. Hephaestus is the Greek god of fire, metalworking, craftsmanship, and the forge, so his role suits the act of physically shaping Pandora.

Pandora’s creation is collaborative rather than the work of one god alone. Athena clothes her and teaches her crafts, while other deities contribute qualities such as beauty, desire, speech, and persuasion. The resulting figure is presented as a divine construction made from many gifts.

This detail is sometimes mixed up with the Roman myth of the creation of humanity by Prometheus. Prometheus is associated with shaping or helping humans in several later traditions, but Hesiod specifically assigns Pandora’s physical manufacture to Hephaestus.