Athena is traditionally said to have taught Pandora weaving in the Greek myth.
Pandora’s creation involves contributions from several gods, each supplying a quality, skill, or appearance. Athena, the goddess associated with wisdom and crafts, is linked with teaching Pandora textile work. This detail appears in the tradition that presents Pandora as carefully fashioned and divinely equipped rather than as an ordinary human birth.
The weaving association fits Athena’s broader mythology. Ancient Greek culture regarded textile production as a highly important domestic and artistic skill, and Athena’s connection with crafts appears in several myths. Pandora’s abilities therefore help make her an idealized but dangerous divine creation.
Different retellings compress or rearrange the gods’ contributions, so popular summaries may omit Athena’s role. Aphrodite is sometimes guessed because beauty is part of Pandora’s portrayal, but Athena is the deity associated with her weaving instruction in the standard account.