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Iapetus

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japetusnoun	Alternative spelling of Iapetus. [(Greek mythology) A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius.]
menoetiusnoun	(Greek mythology) A Titan, son of Iapetus and Clymene, he had three brothers: Atlas, Prometheus and Epimetheus. He joined Cronus and the Titans in their unsuccessful war against the Olympian gods. Zeus killed him with a thunderbolt and sent him down to Tartarus.
asianoun	The largest continent, located east of Europe (typically delimited by the Urals), west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean.
epimetheusnoun	(Greek mythology) 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.
menœtiusnoun	Archaic spelling of Menoetius. [(Greek mythology) A Titan, son of Iapetus and Clymene, he had three brothers: Atlas, Prometheus and Epimetheus. He joined Cronus and the Titans in their unsuccessful war against the Olympian gods. Zeus killed him with a thunderbolt and sent him down to Tartarus.]
atlasnoun	A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.
clymenenoun	(Greek mythology) A nymph married to Iapetus, mother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius and Atlas.
criusnoun	(Greek mythology) A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia.
uranusnoun	(astronomy) The seventh planet in our solar system, discovered in 1781 by William Herschel.
antaeusnoun	(Greek mythology) The son of Poseidon and Gaea.
pallasnoun	An epithet for Athena, always used together with the name, as Pallas Athena, rather than alone.
cronusnoun	(Greek mythology) The youngest of the twelve Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia; father to the first generation of Olympian gods and goddesses.
caelusnoun	(Roman mythology) The personification of the sky and heavens. Either the brother-husband or son-and-husband of Terra, with whom he fathered the Titans and the Cyclops. He is the Roman counterpart of Uranus.
hyperionnoun	(astronomy) One of the moons of Saturn.
themisnoun	(Greek mythology) A Titan, the embodiment of divine order, law and custom. She was the daughter of Gaia and Uranus.
titanessnoun	(Greek mythology) A female Titan, any of the daughters of Uranus and Gaia.
titanidesnoun	—
itylusnoun	(Greek mythology) The son of Aedon.
itylosnoun	(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Itylus. [(Greek mythology) The son of Aedon.]
mimasnoun	(astronomy) The innermost of Saturn's classical satellites, marked by a giant impact crater (Herschel) on its surface.