In Hesiod’s Pandora myth, Prometheus was punished after giving fire to humanity. The Titan secretly took fire from the gods and delivered it to mortals, challenging Zeus’s authority and changing human life permanently.
Zeus responded by ordering the creation of Pandora as a punishment for humanity. Prometheus himself received a separate punishment: he was chained to a mountain, where an eagle repeatedly ate his liver, which grew back each day. Later Greek traditions identify the mountain as the Caucasus.
Prometheus’s name means “foresight,” while his brother Epimetheus is commonly associated with “afterthought.” In Hesiod’s story, Prometheus warns Epimetheus not to accept gifts from Zeus, but Epimetheus accepts Pandora anyway.
The fire episode and Pandora episode are therefore connected, but they are not the same event. Prometheus is the fire-bringer and rebellious benefactor; Pandora is the woman created by the gods as part of Zeus’s response.