Epimetheus
"He who thinks after"
Titan son of
the Titan Laepethus
and Oceanus daughter
Clymene or Themis.
His brother was Prometheus and together they had the task to create the human
beings and give them what they would need to survive. Prometheus made the
humans out of clay and stole the fire from Zeus
and brought it to them, which he was severely punished for.
Epimetheus married
the first woman, Pandora,
and as a wedding gift the gods gave her a box that was never to be opened.
Not being able to resist her curiosity, Pandora eventually opened it, and
all the sorrows and sicknesses of the world flew out of it. She closed the
box, but only hope remained.
The couple had a daughter: Pyrrha, wife of Deucalion.
