In Hesiod’s Greek poem Works and Days, who receives Pandora as a wife?

In Hesiod’s Greek poem Works and Days, Epimetheus receives Pandora as a wife.

Epimetheus is a Titan associated with afterthought, while his brother Prometheus represents forethought. Hesiod presents Pandora as a divinely created woman sent to Epimetheus after Zeus became angry with Prometheus and humanity. Prometheus had warned his brother not to accept gifts from Zeus, but Epimetheus ignored the warning.

This episode is often simplified into the phrase “Pandora’s box,” although Hesiod describes a large storage jar. Pandora’s arrival is connected with the release of human troubles, and Hesiod’s account does not describe the later popular image of a curious woman opening a small box. Epimetheus is therefore the specific husband named in the early literary tradition, not Prometheus, despite Prometheus being the more famous figure in related stories about fire and humanity.