Hermes delivered Pandora to Epimetheus after the gods had equipped her with their gifts. In Hesiod’s account, Zeus instructs Hermes to take Pandora to Epimetheus, completing the plan that brings the divine creation into the human world.
Hermes is the Olympian messenger and guide, so his role fits the movement of Pandora from the gods to humanity. He is not the god who creates the container or the one who opens it. Those details are often compressed or rearranged in modern adaptations.
The gods’ gifts to Pandora include qualities and adornments associated with beauty, charm, and persuasive speech. The story’s emphasis is not simply that Pandora was evil; rather, she is presented as a divinely fashioned figure whose arrival changes human existence. Hermes’s delivery marks the transition from divine workshop to mortal household.