In Hesiod’s Greek myth, Epimetheus received Pandora as his wife despite his brother’s warning.
Epimetheus was the Titan associated with afterthought, while his brother Prometheus represented foresight. Hesiod says Prometheus warned Epimetheus not to accept a gift from Zeus. Epimetheus nevertheless welcomed Pandora, who had been sent as part of Zeus’s punishment for Prometheus’s theft of fire.
Pandora’s arrival brought the hidden contents of her storage jar into the human world. The myth therefore links the brothers’ contrasting names and characters: Prometheus understands danger in advance, whereas Epimetheus recognizes it only afterward.
Modern retellings sometimes make Prometheus Pandora’s husband or describe her as directly married to a human king. In Hesiod’s account, however, Epimetheus is the specific recipient. The story appears in both Works and Days and the Theogony, though the two poems differ in detail and emphasis.