In Greek mythology, Pandora married Epimetheus after Prometheus’s brother accepted her.
Epimetheus was a Titan associated with hindsight and was the brother of Prometheus, whose name is linked with forethought. In Hesiod’s account, Zeus sent Pandora to Epimetheus as part of the punishment imposed on humanity after Prometheus stole fire for mortals.
Prometheus had warned Epimetheus not to accept gifts from Zeus, but Epimetheus ignored that advice. Pandora therefore became Epimetheus’s wife in the traditional Greek story. Their relationship is important because Pandora’s arrival leads to the opening of the storage jar that releases human suffering.
A common mix-up is to identify Prometheus as Pandora’s husband because he is the better-known figure in the surrounding myth. Prometheus is instead her husband’s brother. Hesiod’s surviving poems do not present Pandora as a modern romantic heroine; they frame her arrival as part of Zeus’s retribution and as an explanation for why hardship affects human life.