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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   (Greek mythology) brother of Prometheus; despite Prometheus's warning against gifts from Zeus he accepted Pandora as his wife wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   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. Greek
2. 2
   A moon of the planet Saturn.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἐπιμηθεύς (Epimētheús, “afterthought, hindsight”).

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