In Hesiod’s Works and Days, Hermes brought Pandora to Epimetheus.
Hermes serves as Zeus’s messenger in the episode. After Pandora has been formed and equipped by the gods, Zeus sends her to Epimetheus, the brother of Prometheus. The delivery places Pandora in the household of the human community and advances the punishment designed by Zeus.
Prometheus had warned Epimetheus never to accept a gift from Zeus. Epimetheus ignored that warning and accepted Pandora. The myth therefore combines a divine delivery, a failed warning, and the opening of the container that releases suffering into the world.
Hermes has several roles in the story, which can lead to confusion. He gives Pandora speech in Hesiod’s account and also escorts or presents her to Epimetheus. He is not the god who physically forms her; that task belongs to Hephaestus.