In Hesiod’s myth of Pandora’s Box, Epimetheus became Pandora’s husband.
Epimetheus was the brother of Prometheus and a figure associated with hindsight. Prometheus warned him not to accept gifts from Zeus, but Epimetheus received Pandora. Their marriage places the container’s opening within the family conflict created by Prometheus’s theft of fire.
Pandora’s story is told differently in later authors and modern adaptations, but Epimetheus remains her named husband in Hesiod’s account. The pairing also creates a contrast between the brothers: Prometheus is linked with foresight, while Epimetheus is linked with recognizing consequences after events have happened.
Epimetheus should not be confused with Deucalion, who appears in a later Greek flood tradition and is sometimes connected genealogically with Pandora. Nor is Prometheus Pandora’s husband; he is her husband’s brother and Zeus’s opponent in the fire episode.