In Hesiod’s account, whom did Zeus send Pandora to marry?

In Hesiod’s account, Zeus sent Pandora to marry Epimetheus.

Epimetheus was a Titan and the brother of Prometheus. His name is commonly understood as “afterthought,” contrasting with Prometheus, whose name suggests “forethought.” This contrast is important to the myth: Prometheus warns against accepting gifts from Zeus, but Epimetheus accepts Pandora when she arrives.

Hesiod’s Works and Days connects Pandora’s arrival with Zeus’s response to Prometheus giving fire to humanity. Pandora is presented as a divinely fashioned woman, and the sealed vessel she opens becomes the source of human afflictions.

Modern retellings sometimes make Prometheus Pandora’s husband because he is the more famous figure, but that is not the relationship in Hesiod’s account. Epimetheus is the specific mythological recipient of Pandora, making him central to the story even though his name is less familiar.