Associations to the word «Epimetheus»

Wiktionary

EPIMETHEUS, proper noun. (Greek mythology) Son of Iapetus and Clymene, brother to Atlas, Menoetius and Prometheus, of whom he ignored warnings to beware of any gifts from Zeus. He accepted Pandora as his wife, thereby bringing sorrow to the world; father to Pyrrha.
EPIMETHEUS, proper noun. (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.

Dictionary definition

EPIMETHEUS, noun. (Greek mythology) brother of Prometheus; despite Prometheus's warning against gifts from Zeus he accepted Pandora as his wife.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley