In Greek mythology, Epimetheus accepted Pandora despite Prometheus’s warning.
Epimetheus is a Titan and the brother of Prometheus. His name is commonly interpreted as “afterthought,” contrasting with Prometheus, whose name is associated with forethought. In Hesiod’s account, Prometheus warns Epimetheus not to accept gifts from Zeus, but Epimetheus receives Pandora anyway.
Pandora is then associated with the jar whose opening releases troubles into the human world. The relationship is often simplified in modern retellings, but the early myth frames Epimetheus as the recipient of Zeus’s gift and Pandora as part of a divine punishment scheme.
Some modern summaries describe Pandora as Epimetheus’s wife, while the question of exact relationship varies by source and translation. The stable point in Hesiod’s story is that Epimetheus accepts her after his brother’s warning, making him central to the myth’s sequence of events.