According to Hesiod, Athena gave Pandora skill in weaving.
In Works and Days, Pandora is presented as a divinely fashioned woman whose qualities come from several gods. Athena contributes practical knowledge and adornment, including instruction in weaving. Other gods add different attributes, creating the composite figure suggested by her name, “all-gifted.”
The weaving detail fits Athena’s wider identity in Greek mythology. She was associated with wisdom, crafts, and especially textile work, and ancient Greek culture treated weaving as a major domestic and artistic skill. This makes her contribution to Pandora more specific than simply giving beauty or life.
The accounts of Pandora differ in emphasis, and later artistic retellings may assign gifts differently or omit them altogether. Athena’s role should not be confused with Aphrodite’s, who is associated in the story with attractiveness and desire. Hesiod’s list is part of the myth’s creation scene, not a separate story about Athena teaching a historical person.