Iapetus
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"Tell the sun and the stars hello for me. And be strong. This may not be the last sacrifice you must make to stop Gaea." |
— Iapetus to Annabeth Chase and Perseus Jackson[[{{{4}}}|[src]]] |
Iapetos (Iapetus) (Greek iapto: to pierce, to wound[3]), (pronunciation: eye-A-pih-tus), (Latin: Japetus) is the Titanic son of Ouranos and Gaea and Greek aspect of Numen. Iapetus was one of the four Elder Titans that assisted Kronos in the scattering of Ouranos and subsequently became Titan of the West. Iapetus was also the Titan of mortality, pain, and painful death and husband of Klymene, as well as father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Atlas, and Menoetius. Iapetus had the nickname of "The Piercer" and supported and fought for Kronos in the Titanomachy and was thus thrown into Tartarus.
After at least four[1] millennia in Tartarus, he escaped with the aid of Ethan Nakumara during the Second Titanomachy. Iapetus and Nakumara nearly escaped the Greek Underworld with the Sword of Hades, but Iapetus's memory was wiped by the River Lethe, and Nakumara abandoned both him and the sword. Iapetus was then convinced by Perseus Jackson that he was a friend of both Jackson aand the Olympians named "Bob". "Bob" then began work as a janitor for Hades.
Two years later, "Bob" encountered the demigod Nico di Angelo, who once again convinced him that he was a friend of Jackson and the Olympians. Jackson himself, along with his girlfriend Annabeth Chase, fell into Tartarus and were saved from the empousai by "Bob". However, the arai revealed that Jackson himself had caused "Bob"'s memory to disappear, beginning the return of his memory. Iapetus then took Jackson and Chase to Damasen to help heal the heavily wounded former. Although Jackson, Chase, Iapetus, and Damasen reached the Doors of Death, at least one had to remain in Tartarus and hold the elevator button for twelve minutes. When Krios accidentally offended the spirit of Tartarus, however, both Iapetus and Damasen were forced to stay behind to guard the Doors and fight Tartarus, leaving their fates ambiguous.
Olympian counterpart(s)
- Hades (as god of death/the dead)
Primordial counterpart(s)
- Thanatos (as god of death)
Trivia
- As Iapetus was the Titan of death, it is likely that he preceded Hades as ruler of the Underworld.
- Iapetus's pet, Small Bob, was actually created and destroyed by his own son, Atlas.
Notes and references
Preceded by Tartarus |
Greek Divine Monarch of the Underworld (possibly) Murder of Ouranos—Silver Age |
Succeeded by Hades |