Hesiod and Homerica

Iapetus

Family: Titans · Role: father of Prometheus · First appears: Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 1

In Part 1 of Hesiod’s Works and Days, Iapetus is identified as the father of Prometheus, who is called “the noble son of Iapetus.” The same part says the gift was to be taken to Epimetheus.

Relationship record

Hesiod’s Works and Days · Part 1

  • child: Prometheus “the noble son of Iapetus”
  • child: Epimetheus “to take it to Epimetheus as a gift.”

Also listed in Titans — Minor Figures

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