In Greek mythology, Pandora’s husband in the surviving Hesiodic tradition is Epimetheus.
Epimetheus is the brother of Prometheus, whose name is commonly interpreted as “afterthought,” contrasting with Prometheus, or “forethought.” Despite Prometheus’s warning not to accept gifts from Zeus, Epimetheus receives Pandora. The marriage places Pandora inside the human household where the jar is opened.
Hesiod uses the brothers’ contrasting names as part of the story’s moral pattern. Prometheus is associated with planning ahead, while Epimetheus acts after events have happened. Their relationship also links the theft of fire directly to the creation of Pandora and the spread of suffering.
Later retellings may call Pandora the first woman or focus almost entirely on her curiosity, but Epimetheus remains her named partner in the early literary tradition. He is not the same figure as Prometheus, and confusing the brothers changes a central part of the myth’s structure.