EPIMETHEUS THE TITAN BY CLAIRE & SHAYE

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He is the father of excuses & the creator of animals.

His name means “afterthought”.

He did the first thing that came to mind and then

later regretted it.

He is known for being foolish and ignorant.

FAMILY

Married to Pandora

His brother is Epimetheus

His parents are Iapetus and Clymeme

He has 3 other siblings: Prometheus, Atlas, and Menotius

THE CREATION OF MEN AND ANIMALS

Epimetheus and his brother Prometheus were given the task of populating the world, and providing their creations with natural gifts. Prometheus created Man. Epimetheus created the birds and the animals. The foolish, thoughtless brother, gave little thought to his work when creating the animals of the world. He squandered many powerful gifts on the animals. giving powerful teeth and claws to wild animals such as lions, tigers and bears, giving wings to birds blessing them with the power of flight, and giving swift legs to horses. No such gifts remained to give to mankind. However, Prometheus invented a new gift called Intelligence and it gave to men, together with the gift of fire which he stole from Zeus, in order that men would be armed against wild animals.

THE GIFT OF PANDORA

Pandora is said to be the first woman on earth, “man’s gift from God”. On the day of Epimetheus and Pandora’s wedding Zeus gave her a box that said to never open it. When Epimetheus was away from Pandora for a couple of hours, curiosity took over her. When she opened the box, all the evil from humankind spewed from the box and all that was left in the box was hope.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGTTAfwHugY

FAMILY TREE

VIDEOS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZBb89mjWHU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG_ZqZ7TctI

TRUE OR FALSE

Epimetheus’s name means “the afterthought”.

His wife was Pandora.

His sister was Hera.

He is the father of Excuses and regrets.

ANSWERS

True

True

False

False