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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>In [[Greek mythology]], &#039;&#039;&#039;Epimetheus&#039;&#039;&#039; (&quot;hindsight&quot;, literally &quot;hind-thought&quot;) was the brother of [[Prometheus]] (&quot;foresight&quot;, literally &quot;fore-thought&quot;), a pair of [[Titan]]s who &quot;acted as representatives of mankind&quot; (Kerenyi 1951, p 207). They were the inseparable sons of [[Iapetus]], who in other contexts was the father of [[Atlas]].<br /> <br /> According to [[Plato]]&#039;s use of the old myth in his &#039;&#039;[[Protagoras]]&#039;&#039;, where he puts it in the mouth of the old philosopher, the twin Titans were entrusted with distributing the traits among the newly-created animals; Epimetheus was responsible for giving a positive trait to every animal, but when it was time to give man a positive trait, lacking &#039;&#039;foresight&#039;&#039; he found that there was nothing left. His brother Prometheus then stole fire from [[Zeus]] and gave it to man, and was punished for his impiety. As further punishment, Zeus created [[Pandora]], the first woman, for Epimetheus, knowing that he would fall in love with her despite the warnings of his brother, the embodiment of &#039;&#039;foresight&#039;&#039;, who told him never to accept a gift from the [[Twelve Olympians|Olympian gods]], with whom the primordial Titans, sprung from Mother Earth, were ever at odds.<br /> <br /> In alternate versions, Prometheus is the one who fashions man from inert clay.<br /> <br /> According to [[Hesiod]], who related the tale twice, (&#039;&#039;Theogony&#039;&#039;, 527ff; &#039;&#039;Works and Days&#039;&#039; 57ff) Epimetheus and Pandora were married. Pandora had been given a box by [[Hermes]] and was instructed never to open it. However, Hermes also gave her curiosity, so she opened it anyway releasing all the misfortunes of mankind. She shut it in time to keep one thing in the box: hope. Thus mankind always has hope in times of evil.<br /> <br /> The daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora was [[Pyrrha]], who married [[Deucalion]] and was one of the two who survived the [[Deluge (mythology)|deluge]].<br /> <br /> ==Reference==<br /> *Kerenyi, Karl, 1951. &#039;&#039;The Gods of the Greeks, pp 209ff.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Titans]]</div>

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