oh & also What do their names mean?
plz & thank u!! i really can't find it anywhere in my mythology book! i would really appreciate the help!! :)
2007-01-21 08:56:05 · 8 answers · asked by schoolgirl_27 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
one day prometheus,hera,and epimetheus were wandering through the land and prometheus and epimetheus were playing around with clay and made figures..prometheus made human clay figures as his brother made beasts and animal figures..as soon as hera breathed life onto them the humans prometheuse mad started to worship him ..as for his brother the beasts and animals attacked and betrayed him...thats all i know....ohh yeah
1 day Zues had a huge head ache and none of the master lenders could understand his problem...one day prometheuse helped him by just grabbing a boulder and throwing at hit and out popped hera..wierd..though...
2007-01-21 09:15:20 · answer #1 · answered by Cristhian o 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They way I heard it, Prometheus and Epimetheus were Titans who sided with Zeus and the Olympians. But Prometheus evenutally angered Zeus by giving mankind the gift of fire.
Still piqued about the whole fire thing, Zeus had a woman made named Pandora who married Epimetheus and I assume you know the story about she opened a jar and let out all the things that plague mankind to this day.
EDIT: Epimetheus means "hindsight" and Prometheus means "foresight."
2007-01-21 09:05:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Prometheus was intelligent, and Epimetheus was not.
In Greek, Prometheus means forethought, Epimetheus means afterthought or hindsight.
2007-01-21 09:04:18 · answer #3 · answered by Underground Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, Epimetheus was the husband of Pandora, the beautiful woman who opened Pandora's Box and released all the evils unt othe world. Prometheus introduced humans to fire and was punished by Zeus for it. He had to by hung on a cliff while crows and birds came to peck and eat his liver. His liver kept growing back after the birds would eat it.
2007-01-21 10:11:49 · answer #4 · answered by Sammie_SPN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For Prometheus:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus
For Epimetheus:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus_%28mythology%29
2007-01-21 13:11:11 · answer #5 · answered by robedzombiesoul 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats easy. PRometheus was a democrate and Epimetheus was a republican. They fought a lot
2007-01-21 09:01:39 · answer #6 · answered by daffy_d_disgruntled_duck 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
prometheus was smarter than the other. his name means forethought. epimetheus, the stupider, means afterthought
2007-01-21 09:22:51 · answer #7 · answered by wesnaw1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The difference is the letters, prome and epime. Otherwise they are the same.
2007-01-21 09:01:49 · answer #8 · answered by regmor12 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋