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epimetheus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | titan |
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Epimetheus, Metis, and Prometheus are some Titans who were not banished to Tartarus.
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Epimetheus is irregularly shaped and dotted with soft-edged craters.
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Epimetheus plays a key role in the philosophy of Bernard Stiegler, and in particular in terms of his understanding of the relation between technogenesis and anthropogenesis.
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Epimetheus and Janus, satellites of Saturn, have a similar relationship, though they are of similar masses and so actually exchange orbits with each other periodically.
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- (Greek mythology) brother of Prometheus; despite Prometheus's warning against gifts from Zeus he accepted Pandora as his wife
- Epimetheus is an inner satellite of Saturn. It is also known as Saturnu00A0XI. It is named after the mythological Epimetheus, brother of Prometheus.
- In Greek mythology, Epimetheus (/u025Bpu1D7Bu02C8miu02D0u03B8iu02D0u0259s/; Greek: u1F18u03C0u03B9u03BCu03B7u03B8u03B5u03CDu03C2, which might mean "hindsight", literally "afterthinker") was the brother of Prometheus (traditionally interpreted as "foresight", literally "fore-thinker"), a pair of Titans who "acted as representatives of mankind" (Kerenyi 1951, p 207). They were the sons of Iapetus, who in other contexts was the father of Atlas...
- Epimetheus is one of the 18 moons of Saturn. This moon is covered by grooves, valleys, and craters over 30 km in diameter. Epimetheus orbits at a mean distance of about 151,422 km and revolves around Saturn in about 4 hours. Epimetheus has a diameter of about 200 km and an irregular shape. ...
- Was the father of Pyrrha, received by Pandorra.
