In Hesiod’s Pandora story, what is the name of Pandora’s husband?

In Hesiod’s Pandora story, Pandora’s husband is Epimetheus.

Epimetheus is a Titan associated with hindsight and is the brother of Prometheus. Prometheus warns him not to accept gifts from Zeus, but Epimetheus accepts Pandora when she is sent to him. Hesiod’s account uses this decision to explain how Zeus’s punishment reaches humanity.

Pandora and Epimetheus are also presented as the parents of Pyrrha, who later becomes the wife of Deucalion. That genealogy links the Pandora story to the Greek flood myth and to the re-creation of humankind after the flood.

The name Epimetheus means “afterthought” or is commonly interpreted in relation to thinking afterward, contrasting with Prometheus, whose name is associated with forethought. This contrast is thematic as well as genealogical: Epimetheus acts despite his brother’s warning and only understands the consequences later.

The couple belongs to mythology, not to a historical royal or mortal genealogy.