In Hesiod’s Works and Days, Prometheus’s punishment leads Zeus to send Pandora to humanity.
Prometheus is a Titan associated with foresight, and Greek myth credits him with helping humans. In Hesiod’s account, he deceives Zeus during a division of an ox and later steals fire for mortals after Zeus withholds it. Zeus responds by arranging a new punishment for humanity: the creation and delivery of Pandora.
Pandora therefore belongs to the Prometheus cycle rather than being an isolated myth. The story links divine retaliation, the possession of fire, and the arrival of toil, disease, and other hardships. Prometheus himself receives a separate punishment, famously being bound while an eagle eats his liver.
A frequent confusion is saying that Prometheus personally opens Pandora’s container. Hesiod does not make him the opener. Prometheus’s role is as the benefactor whose actions provoke Zeus, while Epimetheus accepts Pandora and her container becomes central in later versions.