In Hesiod’s myth, which god led Pandora to Epimetheus?

In Hesiod’s myth, Hermes led Pandora to Epimetheus. After the gods fashioned and adorned Pandora, Zeus sent her to Epimetheus, the brother of Prometheus, and Hermes escorted her to him.

Hermes was an appropriate figure for this role because Greek mythology associates him with travel, messages, boundaries, and guiding people between places. His involvement does not mean that he created Pandora or gave every gift attributed to her. The myth distributes different actions among several gods.

Epimetheus accepted Pandora despite Prometheus’s warning that he should refuse gifts from Zeus. This decision sets up the later opening of the storage vessel and the release of troubles into the human world. Hesiod’s narrative uses the episode to connect divine conflict with human suffering.

Modern summaries sometimes identify Hermes only as the messenger of the gods, but his escorting role is specifically described in the Pandora story. The account appears in Hesiod’s Theogony, while Works and Days gives the fuller sequence surrounding the vessel and its contents.