Zeus directed Hephaestus to make Pandora in the Greek myth.
In Hesiod’s Works and Days, Zeus commands Hephaestus to fashion a woman from earth. The order follows Prometheus’s theft of fire for humans, which angers Zeus. Pandora is then prepared by several gods and sent to Epimetheus as part of a broader punishment affecting humanity.
Hephaestus is the divine smith and craftsman, so his role is to shape the figure. Zeus remains the authority who initiates the plan and controls its purpose. This distinction matters because retellings sometimes say that Hephaestus “created Pandora” without mentioning that he acted under Zeus’s command.
The account is different from later versions that focus mainly on Pandora’s curiosity. In Hesiod, the origin of the episode is Zeus’s conflict with Prometheus and the consequences of his decision to punish mortals. The myth therefore links Pandora’s arrival to both divine craftsmanship and divine authority.