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In Greek mythology, Epimetheus (/ ɛ p ɪ ˈ m iː θ i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἐπιμηθεύς, lit. 'afterthought') [ 1 ] is the brother of Prometheus , the pair serving "as representatives of mankind". [ 2 ]
In Greek mythology, the Titans (Ancient Greek: Τιτᾶνες, Tītânes, singular: Τιτάν, Titán) were the pre-Olympian gods. [1] According to the Theogony of Hesiod, they were the twelve children of the primordial parents Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth), with six male Titans—Oceanus, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Cronus—and six female Titans, called the Titanides ...
In Greek mythology, the Titanomachy (/ ˌ t aɪ t ə ˈ n ɒ m ə k i /; Ancient Greek: Τιτανομαχία, romanized: Titanomakhía, lit. 'Titan-battle', Latin: Titanomachia) was a ten-year [1] series of battles fought in Ancient Thessaly, consisting of most of the Titans (the older generation of gods, based on Mount Othrys) fighting against the Olympians (the younger generations, who ...
Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font.. Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font. Key: The names of the Titans have a green background.
Articles relating to the Titans, the pre-Olympian gods of Greek mythology. According to Hesiod 's Theogony , they were the twelve children of Uranus (Sky) and his mother, Gaia (Earth). Descendants of the Titans are sometimes also called Titans.
Clymene is the daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. [4] [5] [6] She married her uncle Iapetus and became by him the mother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Atlas and Menoetius. [7] Other authors relate the same of her sister Asia. [8] A less common genealogy makes Clymene the wife of Prometheus and the mother of Deucalion by him. [9]
In Greek mythology, Iapetus (/ aɪ ˈ æ p ɪ t ə s /; eye-AP-ih-təs; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἰαπετός, romanized: Iapetós), [2] also Japetus, is a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia [3] and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius. He was also called the father of Buphagus [4] and Anchiale [5] in other sources.
The battle of Olympians and Titans was preceded by some sort of theogony, or genealogy of the primal gods, in which, the Byzantine writer Lydus remarked, [3] the author of Titanomachy placed the birth of Zeus, not in Crete, but in Lydia, which should signify on Mount Sipylus.