In Hesiod’s Pandora story, Hermes escorted Pandora to Epimetheus. Works and Days assigns Hermes the task of leading the newly created woman to Prometheus’s brother.
Hermes is an appropriate messenger for this role because Greek mythology commonly identifies him as the gods’ herald and as a guide between different realms. In the Pandora episode, Zeus’s plan is carried out through a sequence of divine gifts and instructions, with Hermes completing the delivery.
The detail is easy to miss because popular retellings focus on the jar and on Pandora’s curiosity. Hesiod’s account names several gods involved in her preparation, but Hermes’s particular function is transportation and communication rather than shaping her body or teaching her crafts.
The episode also highlights the irony of Epimetheus’s name, traditionally understood as “afterthought”: he accepts the gift despite Prometheus’s warning not to receive anything from Zeus.