Iapetus and Clymene fathered four sons — Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius Titan — each punished differently by Zeus after the Titanomachy. Atlas bears the sky, Prometheus is chained to a rock, Menoetius Titan was cast into Erebus, and Epimetheus loosed suffering on mankind by accepting Pandora.
⚠ Hesiod (Theogony 507) names the Oceanid Clymene as their mother; Apollodorus (Bibliotheca 1.2.3) names the Oceanid Asia instead.
Epimetheus took Pandora as his bride despite his brother Prometheus's warning never to accept gifts from Zeus. Their union produced Pyrrha, who would survive the great flood and help repopulate the earth.
Prometheus and Epimetheus, sons of the Titan Iapetus, sided with the Olympians against the Titans in the Titanomachy and were spared imprisonment in Tartarus.
Hermes escorted Pandora from Olympus to the home of Epimetheus, delivering Zeus's 'beautiful evil' to the Titan who lacked the foresight to refuse her.
Prometheus warned his brother Epimetheus never to accept gifts from Zeus, foreseeing that the gods would seek revenge for the theft of fire. Epimetheus ignored the warning and took Pandora as his bride.
Epimetheus accepted Pandora as his bride despite Prometheus's explicit warning never to take gifts from Zeus. His name, meaning 'Afterthought,' defined his failure to foresee the consequences.
Epimetheus received Pandora as his bride despite Prometheus's warnings, bringing Pandora's Box into his household. His failure to heed his brother's counsel allowed Zeus's trap to reach humanity.
Epimetheus and his brother Prometheus sided with the Olympians during the Titanomachy, fighting against their fellow Titans. Their loyalty spared them imprisonment in Tartarus after Zeus's victory.
Zeus sent Pandora to Epimetheus as revenge for Prometheus's theft of fire. Epimetheus accepted her despite his brother's warning, fulfilling Zeus's plan to bring suffering upon mankind.
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