Athena gave Pandora skill in weaving and other crafts in the Greek myth.
Athena is the Olympian goddess associated with wisdom, strategy, and skilled craftwork. In Hesiod’s account, she teaches Pandora handiwork after Hephaestus has formed her from earth or clay.
Pandora’s creation is collective rather than the work of a single god. Zeus directs the plan, Hephaestus makes her body, Athena teaches crafts, Aphrodite contributes beauty, and Hermes supplies qualities such as speech and a deceptive temperament in the ancient literary tradition.
This detail is sometimes omitted from modern retellings, which focus almost entirely on the container. Yet the gifts explain Pandora’s name and her constructed identity: she receives attributes from multiple gods. Athena’s contribution specifically concerns practical artistry, especially weaving and related skills.