Athena taught Pandora crafts in Hesiod’s account of her creation.
Works and Days describes Pandora as receiving a series of divine gifts before she is sent to Epimetheus. Athena, the goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and skilled crafts, teaches Pandora handiwork. This detail helps explain why Pandora is presented as a carefully prepared creation rather than an ordinary human woman.
Other gods contribute different qualities. Hephaestus shapes her, Aphrodite gives her beauty and desire, and Hermes supplies speech and a deceptive character. The combined gifts make Pandora attractive and socially capable while also advancing Zeus’s plan.
The myth is not a story about Athena independently inventing Pandora. She participates in a larger divine project directed by Zeus. Later versions and artistic adaptations sometimes rearrange the gods’ roles, but Athena’s connection with Pandora’s craft instruction is a standard feature of the Hesiodic account.