Hermes gives Pandora her name and teaches her deceptive speech in Hesiod’s account. Hermes is the Greek messenger god, and he is also associated with cunning, persuasion, and trickery.
In Works and Days, Zeus instructs Hermes to give Pandora a voice and a deceptive nature. Hermes’s role explains why Pandora’s gifts include not only physical beauty and practical skills but also qualities connected with persuasion and concealment. He is the final divine contributor named in the creation sequence.
This detail is often confused with Zeus’s role. Zeus commands Pandora’s creation and sends her as a punishment, but Hermes supplies the name and the misleading character described by Hesiod. The myth does not present Pandora as speaking a modern catchphrase; its emphasis is on the dangerous persuasive quality of her speech.