Epimetheus
the Titan of Hindsight
Epimetheus was a Titan of Hindsight and Afterthought, cast down to Tartarus after the Great War. He marched on Mount Olympus during the second Titanomachy and was slain by Poseidon.
Epimetheus was a Titan known as the God of Hindsight and Afterthought. Like the other Titans, he was defeated in the Great War and banished by Zeus to the depths of Tartarus, where he remained until the Titans rose once more against Olympus. (Theogony; God of War III)
Titan of Hindsight#
Epimetheus held the domain of hindsight and afterthought among the Titans. He sided with Gaia and his fellow Titans against the gods, and when the Great War ended in their defeat, Zeus sent him down to Tartarus along with the rest of his kind. In the older myths his brother Prometheus went over to Zeus in that war, but here Epimetheus stays with the Titans to the end. (Theogony; Prometheus Bound; God of War III)
Death on Olympus#
When the Titans rose again and scaled Mount Olympus in their final war against the gods, Epimetheus climbed among them. The sea god Poseidon entered the battle and summoned his Hippocampi, which seized upon the ascending Titans and dragged them to their deaths. Epimetheus was thrown down and slain in the assault, perishing on the slopes of the mountain he had come to conquer. The game never says his name on screen. (God of War III)
Frequently asked questions
- Who was Epimetheus?
- Epimetheus was a Titan, named the God of Hindsight and Afterthought. After the Titans were defeated in the Great War, he was banished to Tartarus by Zeus.
- How did Epimetheus die?
- During the assault on Mount Olympus alongside the other Titans, Epimetheus was thrown down and killed by the sea god Poseidon, who summoned his Hippocampi against the climbing Titans.
Sources
- GameGod of War III, Santa Monica Studio, 2010
- BookTheogony, Hesiod, c. 700 BC
- BookPrometheus Bound, attributed to Aeschylus, 5th century BC
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