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Iapetus, Prometheus,
Atlas, and Epimetheus
By: Warisha Chisty, Rala Onejeme, & Reyna Rivera
4th period - English
Lineage
Ocean + Tethya
Iapetus
Prometheus
Epimetheus
Atlas
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Pandora
Deucalion
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Phyrrha
Maia
Dione
Pyrrha
Symbols
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Iapetus - West pillar
Prometheus - Fire
Atlas - Globe
Epimetheus - Animals
Powers - All
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Iapetus - Helped Cronus
Prometheus - Creator/savior of mankind
Atlas - Bears the world on his shoulders
Epimetheus - Creator of animals
Weaknesses - All
● Iapetus - unknown
● Prometheus - stubborn, knowledge
(weakness & strength).
● Atlas - unintelligent pg. 234
● Epimetheus - foolishness, “Scatterbrained”
pg.85
Important Events/Description - Iapetus
● He was important because of his sons
Prometheus, Atlas, and Epimetheus.
● Brother of
Cronus, Krios, Koios,
Hyperion
● ambushed his father
Important Events - Prometheus
● Prometheus aids Zeus in Titan War
● creates fire
● savior of mankind
● thought of a way to make mankind
superior
Description - Prometheus
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savior of mankind
father of Deucalion
brother of Atlas & Epimetheus
son of Iapetus
wise, compassionate, and enduring
Important Events - Atlas
● favored Titans, was burdened to carry the
world
● Atlas attempted to trick Hercules into
carrying the world forever, in which he did,
but his plan backfires when Hercules tricks
him back into his job pg. 234
Description - Atlas
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son of Iapetus
brother of Prometheus & Epimetheus
father of Maia
holds up the world
favored Titans, was burdened to
carry the world
● name means endurance
Important Events - Epimetheus
● Instead of creating mankind, he gave all
important gifts to animals instead of humans.
● Refused to listen to his brother, Prometheus,
when he warned him not to accept gifts from
Zeus (Pandora, his bride, sent to unleash
disaster on mankind) He later realized that
his brother was right.
Description - Epimetheus
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father of Pyrrha
spouse of Pandora
brother of Atlas & Prometheus
son of Iapetus
opposite of Prometheus
name means afterthought
stubborn, independent, and unintelligent
Allusions
● Iapetus - unknown
● Prometheus - Mary Shelley novel,
Frankenstein ( He was fascinated with fire as
Prometheus, “ the Modern Prometheus”)
● Atlas - astronomy (Instructed mankind…)
● Epimetheus - unknown
Sources/Credits
Tree image: “CREGEL." CREGEL. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2013.
Iapetus Image: "Wikia." Camp Half-Blood Wiki. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2013.
Prometheus Image: "Twilight Language." : Prometheus and Cannibalism. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Nov. 2013.
Epimetheus Image: "Epimetheus (mythology)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 17 Nov. 2013. Web. 25 Nov.
2013.
Iapetus: "IAPETUS : Greek Titan God of Mortality ; Mythology : IAPETOS, JAPETUS." IAPETUS : Greek Titan
God of Mortality ; Mythology : IAPETOS, JAPETUS. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2013.
Atlas: ATLAS : Greek Titan God Bearer of the Heavens ; Mythology ; Pictures." ATLAS : Greek Titan God Bearer
of the Heavens ; Mythology ; Pictures. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2013.
Atlas Image: “Wikia.” Monster Wiki. N.p., n.d. Web. 09. Dec. 2013.