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| Iapetus | |
|---|---|
The Titan of Mortality | |
| Member of the Titans | |
| Abode | Tartarus |
| Battles | Titanomachy |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Uranus and Gaia |
| Siblings |
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| Consort | Asia or Clymene |
| Offspring | Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius, Anchiale, Buphagus |
In Greek mythology, Iapetus (/aɪˈæpɪtəs/; eye-AP-ih-təs;[1] Ancient Greek: Ἰαπετός, romanized: Iapetós),[2] also Japetus, is a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia[3] and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius. He was also called the father of Buphagus[4] and Anchiale[5] in other sources.
Iapetus was linked to Japheth (Hebrew: יֶפֶת), one of the sons of Noah and a progenitor of mankind in biblical accounts.[by whom?] The practice by early historians and biblical scholars of identifying various historical nations and ethnic groups as descendants of Japheth, together with the similarity of their names, led to a fusion of their identities, from the early modern period to the present.[6][7]
- ^ Wells, John (14 April 2010). "Iapetus and tonotopy". John Wells's phonetic blog. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
- ^ Of uncertain etymology; R. S. P. Beekes has suggested a pre-Greek origin (Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2009, pp. 573–4).
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony 135; Diodorus Siculus, 5.66.3; Clement of Alexandria, Recognitions 31; Apollodorus, 1.1.3
- ^ Pausanias, 8.27.17
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Anchiale
- ^ Alexander, Philip (1988). "Retelling the Old Testament". In Carson, D. A.; Williamson, H. G. M. (eds.). It is Written: Scripture Citing Scripture: Essays in Honour of Barnabas Lindars. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 99–121. ISBN 9780521323475.
- ^ Haaland, Gunnar (2011). "Convenient Fiction Or Causal Factor? The Questioning Of Jewish Antiquity According To Against Apion 1.2". In Pastor, Jack; Stern, Pnina; Mor, Menahem (eds.). Flavius Josephus: Interpretation and history. Leiden: Brill. pp. 163–175. ISBN 978-90-04-19126-6.