In Greek mythology, Pandora’s husband after she received the gods’ gifts was Epimetheus.
Epimetheus was a Titan associated with hindsight and afterthought. His name is commonly understood as meaning “afterthought,” contrasting with his brother Prometheus, whose name means “forethought.” In Hesiod’s account, Zeus sent Pandora to Epimetheus after Prometheus had stolen fire and given it to humanity.
Prometheus warned Epimetheus not to accept gifts from Zeus, but Epimetheus accepted Pandora. This marriage places Pandora’s famous jar in a larger family story involving the two Titan brothers and humanity’s relationship with the gods. Pandora is often described in later retellings as Epimetheus’s wife, although the earliest Greek accounts focus more on her creation and the jar’s opening than on a developed domestic narrative.
A common mix-up is identifying Prometheus as Pandora’s husband because both figures appear in the same myth. Prometheus is instead her creator’s opponent and Epimetheus’s brother.