Athena dressed Pandora after Hephaestus fashioned her from earth.
Athena is the Olympian goddess associated with wisdom, strategic warfare, crafts, and skilled work. In Hesiod’s account, Zeus orders Hephaestus to shape Pandora from earth, and Athena then clothes and adorns her. This makes the creation a sequence involving several divine specialists rather than a single act.
Pandora receives additional attributes from other gods. Aphrodite grants beauty and charm, while Hermes gives her a name, speech, and qualities connected with deceit. The combined gifts make her appear desirable and socially capable while also advancing Zeus’s plan against humanity.
Athena is sometimes confused with Aphrodite because both contribute to Pandora’s presentation as an idealized woman. Their roles are distinct in the story: Athena handles clothing and adornment, whereas Aphrodite is linked with beauty and grace. The answer is therefore Athena, not the goddess most directly associated with physical beauty.