In Hesiod’s Greek creation story, Athena gives Pandora clothing. Works and Days describes the gods contributing different gifts to the woman created at Zeus’s command, and Athena is associated with dressing and adorning her.
This detail is part of a larger divine assembly. Hephaestus fashions Pandora from earth, while other gods contribute charms, skills, or deceptive qualities. The story therefore presents Pandora as a composite creation rather than the product of one deity alone.
Athena’s role can be confused with Aphrodite’s. Aphrodite is associated with beauty and sexual attraction in the account, whereas Athena’s contribution concerns clothing. The exact wording and allocation of gifts vary in later retellings, but Hesiod’s version is the foundational literary account.