Seiden, Grove City, Pennsylvania From: Cashman Kerr Prince (cprince wesleyan.edu) Subject: Promethean According to the ancient Greek poet Hesiod, Prometheus (meaning "forethought") had a brother, Epimetheus ("afterthought"). We all have afterthoughts, although perhaps none so dramatic as regret over Pandora , but there is no suitable adjective "Epimethean" in our vocabulary