In Hesiod’s Greek myth of Pandora, who accepted Pandora as his wife?

In Hesiod’s Greek myth of Pandora, Epimetheus accepted Pandora as his wife.

Epimetheus was a Titan and the brother of Prometheus. His name is often explained as “afterthought,” contrasting with Prometheus, whose name is associated with forethought. Hesiod’s account portrays Epimetheus as accepting Zeus’s gift even though Prometheus had warned him not to receive anything from the Olympian god.

After Pandora arrives, she opens the sealed vessel and releases the troubles held inside. This makes Epimetheus an important link between the divine plan and the human world, although he is not described as the person who opens the vessel.

Modern retellings sometimes make Pandora and Epimetheus seem like an ordinary married couple in a romance narrative. In the ancient story, however, their union mainly serves the myth’s explanation of how Pandora entered humanity’s world and how Zeus’s punishment reached humans.