Prometheus gave fire to humans, prompting Zeus to punish humanity with Pandora.
In Greek mythology, Prometheus is a Titan known for his intelligence and his close relationship with humankind. He steals fire from the gods and gives it to mortals, an act that helps humans develop technology, craft, and civilization in later interpretations.
Zeus responds by arranging a punishment for humanity. Hesiod’s account presents Pandora as part of that response, while Prometheus himself receives a separate punishment: he is bound and subjected to the repeated destruction of his liver by an eagle.
Prometheus and Pandora therefore belong to the same connected mythic sequence, but they represent different sides of it. Prometheus is the benefactor who challenges divine authority; Pandora is the divinely fashioned figure through whom suffering enters the human story.