Hermes directed Pandora to Epimetheus in Hesiod’s Works and Days.
After the gods create Pandora, Zeus sends her to Epimetheus through Hermes. Epimetheus had previously been warned by his brother Prometheus not to accept gifts from Zeus, but he ignored that warning and took Pandora into his household. The story then leads to Pandora opening the vessel containing the forces that escape into human life.
Hermes has several roles in the account. He gives Pandora her name and characterizes her with deceptive speech, and he acts as the messenger who brings her to Epimetheus. These details fit Hermes’s broader Greek profile as a god associated with messages, travel, exchange, and cleverness.
The episode is sometimes simplified into “Zeus sent Pandora,” which is broadly true at the level of command. The more specific messenger in Hesiod’s narrative is Hermes. Prometheus, by contrast, is Pandora’s future brother-in-law through Epimetheus, not the god who escorts her.