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From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], he was the [[son]] of [[Iapetos]] and [[brother]] of [[Prometheus]]. According to [[Hesiod]], he gets the gift of [[Pandora]], based on an account in Hesiod's ''[[Works and Days]]''. Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]], authority on Greek mythology and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This definition is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' for [[The Teaching Company]].
From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], he was the [[son]] of [[Iapetos]] and [[brother]] of [[Prometheus]]. According to [[Hesiod]], he gets the gift of [[Pandora]], based on an account in Hesiod's ''[[Works and Days]]''.

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Epimetheus [r]: From Greek mythology, he was the son of Iapetos and brother of Prometheus. According to Hesiod, he gets the gift of Pandora, based on an account in Hesiod's Works and Days.