1. EPIMETHEUS THE TITAN BY CLAIRE & SHAYE

2. MAIN DETAILS  He is the father of excuses & the creator of animals.  His name means “afterthought”.  He did the first thing that came to mind and then later regretted it.  He is known for being foolish and ignorant.

3. FAMILY  Married to Pandora  His brother is Epimetheus  His parents are Iapetus and Clymeme  He has 3 other siblings: Prometheus, Atlas, and Menotius

4. THE CREATION OF MEN AND ANIMALS Epimetheus and his brother Prometheus were given the task of populating the world, and providing their creations with natural gifts. Prometheus created Man. Epimetheus created the birds and the animals. The foolish, thoughtless brother, gave little thought to his work when creating the animals of the world. He squandered many powerful gifts on the animals. giving powerful teeth and claws to wild animals such as lions, tigers and bears, giving wings to birds blessing them with the power of flight, and giving swift legs to horses. No such gifts remained to give to mankind. However, Prometheus invented a new gift called Intelligence and it gave to men, together with the gift of fire which he stole from Zeus, in order that men would be armed against wild animals.

5. THE GIFT OF PANDORA Pandora is said to be the first woman on earth, “man’s gift from God”. On the day of Epimetheus and Pandora’s wedding Zeus gave her a box that said to never open it. When Epimetheus was away from Pandora for a couple of hours, curiosity took over her. When she opened the box, all the evil from humankind spewed from the box and all that was left in the box was hope. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGTTAfwHugY

6. FAMILY TREE

7. VIDEOS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZBb89mjWHU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG_ZqZ7TctI

8. TRUE OR FALSE  Epimetheus’s name means “the afterthought”.  His wife was Pandora.  His sister was Hera.  He is the father of Excuses and regrets.

9. ANSWERS  True  False