Pandora’s story is connected to Prometheus through his theft of fire for humanity. Hesiod presents Pandora as part of Zeus’s response to Prometheus, who deceives the gods and later gives mortals the fire Zeus had withheld.
Prometheus is a Titan, a member of the older divine generation that preceded the Olympians. His name is strongly associated with foresight, while his brother Epimetheus represents afterthought. That contrast becomes important when Epimetheus accepts Pandora despite Prometheus’s warning.
The fire theft and the creation of Pandora are related episodes, but Prometheus does not open the jar and Pandora does not steal the fire. Modern retellings sometimes combine the events because both explain why humans suffer and how they differ from the gods.
Prometheus’s punishment is usually described as being chained to a rock while an eagle repeatedly eats his liver, which regenerates. That punishment belongs to the Prometheus myth and is separate from Pandora’s later role.