Athena taught Pandora skills in the Hesiodic tradition.
Athena is the Greek goddess associated with wisdom, strategy, crafts, and skilled work. In the account surrounding Pandora’s creation, she teaches Pandora useful crafts after Hephaestus has shaped her from earth. This contribution is one of several divine gifts that make Pandora “all-gifted.”
Pandora’s creation is presented as a coordinated divine project rather than the work of one god alone. Zeus orders the plan, Hephaestus forms the body, Athena teaches crafts, and Hermes contributes deceptive speech. Later summaries also emphasize gifts such as beauty and adornment from other deities.
This detail is sometimes confused with Athena’s broader association with weaving. The mythic point is not that Athena created Pandora or gave her the vessel, but that she provided instruction in craft. Zeus and Hephaestus have different roles in the same story.