In Hesiod’s Pandora myth, Prometheus warned Epimetheus about Zeus’s gift.
Prometheus is a Titan whose name is traditionally associated with forethought. In Hesiod’s account, Zeus sends Pandora to humanity after Prometheus steals fire for mortals. Prometheus recognizes the danger of accepting gifts from Zeus and tells his brother Epimetheus to reject any such offering.
Epimetheus does not follow the warning. He accepts Pandora, who has been fashioned and adorned by the gods. The story then continues with the opening of the container that releases the world’s evils, while hope remains inside according to Hesiod’s version. Prometheus’s warning thus provides the myth’s clearest moment of attempted prevention.
Later traditions often emphasize Prometheus as humanity’s benefactor and Zeus’s adversary, but Hesiod’s Pandora story also uses him to contrast foresight with his brother’s hindsight. Prometheus is not Pandora’s husband and is not the god who gives her every gift; those details belong to different figures in the myth.