EPIMETHEUS
Roman Mythology
Greek Mythology
This is the name of one of the GIANTS in the classical mythology of Greece and Rome. EPIMETHEUS was one of the progeny of the TITAN called JAPETUS and the ocean NYMPH CLYMENE according to HESIOD in his work Theoeny (ca. 750 BC), but according to AESCHYLUS (525 BC-456BC) his mother was THEMIS. His sibling were the GIANTS ATLAS, PROMETHEUS, and MENOETIUS. EPIMETHEUS was responsible for endowing the creatures of the world with certain attributes such as speed and strength and helped PROMETHEUS with the forming of human attributes, encouraging him to take fire from the gods for them. His wife was PANDORA, whose curiosity allowed the troubles of the world to be unleashed and her husband to be changed by ZEUS, the king of the gods, into a monkey for his meddling with the domain of the gods.
Source: Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth