noun

Ĕpĭmētheus

gen. Ĕpĭmēthei · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

= Ἐπιμηθεύς, in the Greek mythology

a son of Iapetus and Clymene; the husband of Pandora; his daughter Pyrrha

a son of Iapetus and Clymene, the husband of Pandora, Hyg. Fab. praef. 142.—Whence his daughter Pyrrha is called ĕpĭmēthis, ĭdis, f., = Ἐπιμηθίς, Ov. M. 1, 390.

Perseus ID: n15963 Key: Epimetheus