In Hesiod’s creation story, Hermes gave Pandora the ability to communicate.
Hesiod describes Pandora as receiving different gifts from several gods. Hermes, the messenger of the gods, gives her speech or a deceptive character depending on how the passage is translated and interpreted. This role fits Hermes’s association with communication, travel, boundaries, and cunning.
The details differ slightly between translations because ancient Greek wording can support nuances such as voice, speech, or a deceitful mind. The stable point is that Hermes is the deity connected with this contribution in the creation sequence.
This is separate from the roles assigned to Hephaestus and other gods. Hephaestus forms Pandora’s body, while the broader group of deities supplies adornments and attributes. The story’s “gifts” are therefore distributed rather than provided by one god alone.