“Afterthought”, Prometheus‘s foolish brother. Ignoring warnings, he accepted Pandora as his wife.
Strength 5/10 · Wisdom 2/10 · Courage 4/10 · Divinity 9/10 · Fame 4/10
Family
- Parents: Iapetus
- Partners: Pandora
- Children: Pyrrha
- Siblings: Atlas, Prometheus
Appears in
Read about them in the Library
- Theogony and Works and Days 4: The birth of Zeus, and Prometheus
- Theogony and Works and Days 7: Two kinds of Strife, Pandora and the Ages of Man
Ancient sources
- Hesiod, Theogony
- Hesiod, Works and Days
History’s mirror
1945The first atomic bombSome discoveries cannot be undone. The myth asks what we should do once the jar is open, and suggests that hope is what we must keep.See the full mirrorIn the sky and in space
- MoonEpimetheus
A moon of Saturn that shares its orbit with another moon, Janus. Every four years the two swap places.