In Greek mythology, Prometheus was Pandora’s husband’s brother and humanity’s fire-bringing champion.
Pandora’s husband was Epimetheus, and Hesiod presents Epimetheus and Prometheus as brothers. Their names are commonly explained through Greek ideas of foresight and afterthought: Prometheus is associated with forethought, while Epimetheus is associated with thinking afterward.
Prometheus is famous for taking fire and giving it to humans, an act that angered Zeus. In the Pandora story, Zeus responds by arranging the creation and delivery of Pandora, making her part of the punishment connected with Prometheus’s defiance.
The family relationship is easy to confuse because Pandora and Prometheus are both linked to humanity’s troubled relationship with the gods. Prometheus is not Pandora’s husband; Epimetheus is. Prometheus is also a Titan, whereas Pandora is a mortal woman created by the gods.