In later Greek tradition, Epimetheus is the father of Pyrrha in the Pandora myth’s family line.
Pyrrha is commonly described as the daughter of Pandora and Epimetheus. She later marries Deucalion, the son of Prometheus, and the pair become the principal survivors of Zeus’s flood in Greek mythology. Their story follows the Pandora narrative but belongs to a different mythic episode.
After the flood, Deucalion and Pyrrha restore humankind by throwing stones behind them. The stones become people, with stones thrown by Deucalion becoming men and those thrown by Pyrrha becoming women in the familiar version. This makes Pyrrha a bridge between Pandora’s origin story and the later rebirth of humanity.
Epimetheus is sometimes confused with Prometheus because the brothers are central to the same mythic cycle. Prometheus is Pyrrha’s father-in-law in this tradition, while Epimetheus is her father.