Prometheus is Pandora’s brother-in-law and the god-defying giver of fire in Greek mythology.
Prometheus is the brother of Epimetheus, whom Hesiod presents as Pandora’s husband. That relationship makes Prometheus Pandora’s brother-in-law in the family structure of the myth. Prometheus’s own defining act is stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humanity.
The fire episode brings Zeus’s punishment. Prometheus is punished personally in later traditions by being bound while an eagle eats his liver, which regenerates. Humanity receives its own punishment through Pandora and the evils released from her jar. Hesiod’s poems connect these episodes, although later authors develop them in different ways.
Prometheus’s character changes across classical literature. Hesiod often emphasizes his trickery and conflict with Zeus, while Aeschylus presents him as a powerful benefactor of humankind. Both traditions helped make him one of Greek mythology’s most enduring figures.