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Iapetus

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I·ap·e·tus  (-p-ts, -p-)
n.
1. Greek Mythology A Titan who was the father of Prometheus and Atlas and an ancestor of the human race.
2. A satellite of Saturn.
[Latin apetus, from Greek apetos.]
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Noun1.Iapetus - (Greek mythology) the Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks


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Exceptions are only made in special cases, as the Sons of Iapetus (ll.
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Like it or no, this is how it is decreed; for aught I care, you may go to the lowest depths beneath earth and sea, where Iapetus and Saturn dwell in lone Tartarus with neither ray of light nor breath of wind to cheer them.
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