In Hesiod’s Works and Days, who is identified as Pandora’s husband?

In Hesiod’s Works and Days, Pandora’s husband is Epimetheus.

Epimetheus was the brother of Prometheus and his name means “afterthought” or “hindsight.” Although Prometheus warned Epimetheus not to accept gifts from Zeus, Epimetheus welcomed Pandora and married her.

The pairing reinforces the brothers’ contrasting traits. Prometheus represents forethought, while Epimetheus acts only after events have happened. Pandora’s arrival therefore fits a mythic pattern in which poor judgment allows Zeus’s punishment to reach humanity.

Pandora and Epimetheus are also linked to the continuation of humankind after the catastrophe of the Greek flood story. In later traditions, their daughter Pyrrha and Prometheus’s son Deucalion become the principal survivors of that flood, though the details vary among ancient sources.