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Iapetus vs Clymene - What's the difference?

iapetus | clymene |

In greek god terms the difference between iapetus and clymene

is that iapetus is a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius while clymene is a nymph married to Iapetus, mother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius and Atlas.

iapetus

English

(wikipedia Iapetus)

Alternative forms

* Japetus

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (Greek god) A Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius.
  • (astronomy) The third largest moon of Saturn
  • (geology) An ancient ocean which existed between 600 and 400 million years ago.
  • * 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 184:
    • So, in the early Ordovician, Iapetus was wide enough to have one side in high latitudes and the other in the tropics: a massive ocean, indeed.

    Derived terms

    * Iapetian

    References

    clymene

    English

    (wikipedia Clymene)

    Alternative forms

    *

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (Greek god) A nymph married to Iapetus, mother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius and Atlas.