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Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Coeus Crius Cronus Demeter Dionysus Gaia Hades Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hyperion Iapetus Mnemosyne Oceanus Phobos Phoebe Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Tethys Themis Uranus Zeus
Bacchus Ceres Diana Juno Jupiter Mars Mercury Minerva Neptune Pluto Venus Vesta Vulcan
Amun Anubis Aten Atum Babi Bastet Bes Geb Hapi hathor heqet Horus Isis Khepri Khnum Khonsu Maat Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Ra Seshat Seth Shu Sobek Thoth
Alfheim Baldur Freya Freyr Frigg Heimdallr Helheim Idun Jotunheim Loki Nerthus Njord Odin Thor Tyr
Aengus Arawn Badb Brigid Cailleach Ceridwen Cernunnos Cu Chulainn Dagda Danu Gwydion Herne the Hunter Lugh Medb Morrigan Neit Nuada Taliesin Taranis
Chalchiuhtlicue Coatlicue Huitzilopochtli Mictlantecuhtli Mixcoatl Ometeotl Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca Tlaloc Tonatiuh Xipe Totec Xochiquetzal Xolotl
Amaterasu Ame no Uzume Benzaiten Bishamonten Daikokuten Ebisu Fujin Fukurokuju Inari Izanagi Kagutsuchi Raijin Susanoo Tsukuyomi
Caishen Cangjie Dragon King Eight Immortals Erlang Shen Fuxi Guanyin Hou Yi Huxian Jade Emperor King Yama Leizi Lu-ban Mazu Nezha Nuwa Pangu Shennong Sun Wukong Xiwangmu Yue Lao Zhong Kui
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Epimetheus

Titan of afterthought. Epimetheus ("Afterthought") was the son of the Titan Iapetus by the Oceanid Clymene or Asia.

Brother of Prometheus, Menoetius and Atlas. Epimetheus married the first mortal woman Pandora and was the father of Pyrrha.

Unlike his brother Prometheus, Epimetheus was not a very bright god, as his name suggests - "afterthought". He was sometimes called Epimetheus the Scatter-brain (highly unflattering).

See Creation, Theogony of Hesiod.

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Epimetheus, Ἐπιμηθεύα – "Afterthought".

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Titans:

  • • Cronus (Saturn)
  • • Rhea (Ops)
  • • Oceanus
  • • Tethys
  • • Hyperion
  • • Theia
  • • Themis
  • • Mnemosyne
  • • Iapetus
  • • Coeüs
  • • Crius
  • • Phoebe
  • • Dione
  • • Atlas
  • • Prometheus
  • • Epimetheus
  • • Leto
  • • Asteria
  • • Perses
  • • Pallas
  • • Astraeüs
Iapetus

Iapetus

Titan. Iapetus was the son of Uranus and Gaea . He married the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, either Clymene or Asia. Iapetus was the father of the Titans, Atlas , Menoetius, Prometheus and Epimetheus . Some said that Iapetus married his own sist...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Prometheus

Prometheus

Titan of forethought. Prometheus ("Forethought") was the son of the Titan Iapetus and either Iapetus' sister Themis , or possibly Clymene or Asia, both of which were Oceanids. Prometheus was the brother of Atlas , Menoetius and Epimetheus . He mar...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Iapetus

Iapetus

Iapetus: Father of Icons Iapetus, Titan of mortality, is regarded as one of the lesser-known deities in Greek mythology. His name is usually remembered because one of Saturn’s moons shares his name in modern times. Though Iapetus didn't appear in ...

April 2nd, 2002 • Timeless Myths
Atlas

Atlas

Titan. Atlas was the son of the Titan Iapetus by the Oceanid Clymene or Asia. He was the brother of Menoetius , Prometheus and Epimetheus . When his brother Prometheus tried to persuade him not to go to war against the Olympians, he did not listen...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Prometheus

Prometheus

Prometheus: The Quick-Thinking Advocate of Humankind Though Prometheus, titan and trickster, was known as the Titan who gave fire to humans, there is much more to know about this fascinating character. To the Greeks, Prometheus was the “benefactor...

April 2nd, 2002 • Timeless Myths
Hyperion

Hyperion

Titan of the sun. Hyperion was the son of Uranus and Gaea. Hyperion married his sister, the Titaness Theia , and was the father of Helius ("Sun"), Eos ("Dawn"), and Selene ("Moon"). He was sometimes confused with his son, Helius, who was also a su...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Mnemosyne

Mnemosyne

Titaness of memory. Mnemosyne ("Memory") was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea . She was the abstract personification of memory. In Roman myths, she was called Moneta. By Zeus, she was the mother of nine daughters, known as the Muses . Zeus slept wi...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Metis

Metis

Goddess of wisdom and prudence. Metis was the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys . Metis became the first wife of Zeus. Zeus persuaded the goddess to give Cronus an emetic, causing Cronus to vomit up Zeus' brothers and sisters. When Zeus imprisoned hi...

April 24th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Eurybia

Eurybia

Daughter of Gaea and Pontus. Eurybia married the Titan Crius , and was the mother of Astraeüs (Astraeus), Perses and Pallas . For some reason, Hesiod says that she had a heart of flint. Hesiod had also called her a bright goddess.

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Phoebe

Phoebe

Titaness of the moon. Phoebe was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea . Phoebe married her brother Coeüs (Coeus). Phoebe became the mother of Leto and Asteria , so Phoebe was the grandmother of Apollo , Artemis and Hecate . Her name means "light", and ...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe

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