To the Greeks, Iapetus was the father of the human race.
a Titan, son of Gaia and Uranus; father of Atlas, Epimetheus, and Prometheus by his sister Clymene, though other myths maintain that he married Asia or Asopis; helped Zeus overthrow Cronus.
(Greek mythology) the Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology
The third largest moon of Saturn was discovered by Giovanni Cassini on October 25, 1671. Iapetus also is designated as "Saturn VIII". In Greek mythology, Iapetus was a Titan.
Iapetus is one of the 18 moons of Saturn. It is a rocky moon that is partly bright and partly reddish in color. Craters mark the surface. Iapetus has a diameter of about 880 miles (1,420 km). Iapetus orbits at about 3,561,300 km from Saturn. Its orbital period is 79 days. It was discovered by Cassini in 1671.
In Greek mythology, Iapetus, also Iapetos or Japetus (Greek: Ιαπετός), was a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father (by an Oceanid named Clymene or Asia) of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius and through Prometheus and Epimetheus and Atlas an ancestor of the human race.
Iapetus (eye-ap'-ə-təs, , Greek Ιαπετός), sometimes spelled Japetus, is the third-largest moon of Saturn, discovered by Giovanni Domenico Cassini in 1671. Iapetus is best known for its dramatic 'two-tone' coloration, but recent discoveries by the Cassini mission have revealed several other unusual physical characteristics. These mysteries are currently under investigation by scientists and new information about Iapetus is accumulating continuously.
