In Hesiod’s Pandora story, Hermes escorts Pandora to Epimetheus.
After the gods prepare Pandora, Zeus sends her to humanity as part of his punishment connected with Prometheus’s theft of fire. In Works and Days, Hermes leads her to Epimetheus, Prometheus’s brother. Epimetheus accepts her despite Prometheus’s warning not to receive gifts from Zeus.
This detail helps connect Pandora’s arrival with the myth’s larger family structure. Prometheus is associated with foresight, while Epimetheus is associated with afterthought; the brothers’ contrasting names and decisions are important to the story’s moral design.
Hermes is sometimes confused with Hephaestus because Hephaestus is involved in making Pandora in later summaries, while Athena and other gods provide additional gifts. In Hesiod’s narrative, however, Hermes is the god who conducts Pandora to Epimetheus.