Divine favoritism thumb|Pygmalion and Galatea (1717) by Jean Raoux, showing Aphrodite bringing the statue to life In Hesiod's Works and Days, Zeus orders Aphrodite to make Pandora, the first woman, physically beautiful and sexually attractive, so that she may become "an evil men will love to embrace". Aphrodite "spills grace" over Pandora's head and equips her with "painful desire and knee-weakening anguish", thus making her the perfect vessel for evil to enter the world. Aphrodite's attendants, Peitho, the Charites, and the Horae, adorn Pandora with gold and jewelry.
Divine favoritism thumb|Pygmalion and Galatea (1717) by Jean Raoux, showing Aphrodite bringing the statue to life In Hesiod's Works and Days, Zeus orders Ap,hrodite to make Pandora, the first woman physically beautiful and sexually attractive, so that she may become "an evil men will love to embrace". Aphrodite "spills grace" over Pandora's head and equips her with "painful desire and knee-weakening anguish", thus making her the perfect vessel for evil t,o enter the world. Aphrodite's attendants, Peitho the Charites, and the Horae, adorn Pandora with gold and jewelry.