On this page you'll find 8 example sentences with Epimetheus. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as titan and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Epimetheus in a sentence
Epimetheus meaning
- 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.
- A moon of the planet Saturn.
Synonyms of Epimetheus
Using Epimetheus
- The main meaning on this page is: 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. | A moon of the planet Saturn.
- Useful related words include: titan.
Context around Epimetheus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Epimetheus
- In this selection, "epimetheus" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, moons, warning, text, accepted, sets and married stand out and add context to how "epimetheus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include but epimetheus did not and epimetheus sets to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "epimetheus" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with epimetheus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Despite Prometheus' warning, Epimetheus accepted this "gift" from the gods. (10 words)
But Epimetheus did not listen; he accepted Pandora, who promptly scattered the contents of her jar. (16 words)
Prometheus had (fearing further reprisals) warned his brother Epimetheus not to accept any gifts from Zeus. (16 words)
After the Voyager flybys, it became known that there are two similarly-sized moons (Epimetheus and Janus ) in the same orbit, so there is some uncertainty about which one was the object of Pioneer's near-miss. (37 words)
Epimetheus sets to work, but, being unwise, distributes all the gifts of nature among the animals, leaving men naked and unprotected, unable to defend themselves and to survive in a hostile world. (32 words)
On a fifth-century amphora in the Ashmolean Museum (her fig.71) the half-figure of Pandora emerges from the ground, her arms upraised in the epiphany gesture, to greet Epimetheus. (31 words)
Example sentences (8)
After the Voyager flybys, it became known that there are two similarly-sized moons (Epimetheus and Janus ) in the same orbit, so there is some uncertainty about which one was the object of Pioneer's near-miss.
But Epimetheus did not listen; he accepted Pandora, who promptly scattered the contents of her jar.
Despite Prometheus' warning, Epimetheus accepted this "gift" from the gods.
Epimetheus sets to work, but, being unwise, distributes all the gifts of nature among the animals, leaving men naked and unprotected, unable to defend themselves and to survive in a hostile world.
Epimetheus (the brother of Prometheus) is overwhelmed by her beauty, disregards Prometheus' warnings about her, and marries her.
For example, the Bibliotheca and Hyginus each make explicit what might be latent in the Hesiodic text: Epimetheus married Pandora.
On a fifth-century amphora in the Ashmolean Museum (her fig.71) the half-figure of Pandora emerges from the ground, her arms upraised in the epiphany gesture, to greet Epimetheus.
Prometheus had (fearing further reprisals) warned his brother Epimetheus not to accept any gifts from Zeus.