Which Greek god gave Pandora beauty in Hesiod’s Works and Days?

In Hesiod’s Works and Days, Aphrodite gave Pandora beauty. Her contribution is one part of a larger divine creation in which different gods provide qualities, skills, clothing, and behavior.

Aphrodite is the Greek goddess associated with love, sexual attraction, and beauty, so her role in Pandora’s creation matches her traditional sphere. The myth presents Pandora as carefully adorned and made appealing, helping explain why Epimetheus accepts her despite Prometheus’s warning. Beauty functions in the story as part of the divine temptation.

Aphrodite is not the goddess who made Pandora’s body. Hephaestus performed that fashioning, while Athena taught weaving and Hermes supplied deceptive qualities in the account. These separate roles are worth distinguishing because modern retellings often combine the gods’ gifts into a single act. Hesiod’s original sequence emphasizes that Pandora is a constructed divine figure whose appearance and attributes are assembled by the Olympian gods.