Hermes is credited with giving Pandora deceptive speech in Hesiod’s creation story.
In Works and Days, Zeus orders the gods to contribute qualities to the woman who will become Pandora. Hermes gives her a mind associated with shamelessness and a deceptive character, according to common translations of the passage. This contribution helps explain why Pandora is portrayed as capable of opening the forbidden vessel.
Modern summaries sometimes say Hermes gave Pandora curiosity. That wording captures the later popular idea but is not a precise translation of every Greek line. The earliest text emphasizes speech, character, and deception rather than using the modern psychological concept of curiosity as a named gift.
Other gods contribute different attributes: Hephaestus forms her, Athena teaches crafts, and Aphrodite gives grace or desire in common translations. These details vary slightly by edition because the Greek text has disputed readings and translation choices.