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Epimetheus
Epimetheus ("afterthought") is the son of
Iapetus and
Clymene. He foolishly ignored his brother
Prometheus' warnings to beware of any gifts from
Zeus. He accepted
Pandora as his wife, thereby bringing ills and sorrows to the world.
Epimetheus was made up by the Greeks as the antipode of his brother Prometheus ("forethought").