In Greek mythology, Epimetheus accepted Pandora despite a warning not to accept gifts from Zeus. Epimetheus is a Titan and the brother of Prometheus, whose name is associated with forethought.
Prometheus warns Epimetheus against accepting gifts from Zeus, but Epimetheus receives Pandora anyway. Hesiod uses the brothers as a contrast: Prometheus represents planning ahead, while Epimetheus is linked with thinking afterward. Pandora’s arrival then becomes part of Zeus’s punishment for Prometheus’s actions on behalf of humanity.
Epimetheus is less familiar than Pandora or Prometheus, but he is essential to the myth’s structure. In later Greek tradition he and Pandora are commonly treated as the parents of Pyrrha, who survives the great flood with Deucalion in another mythic cycle.