Iapetus

[ahy-ap-i-tuh s, ee-ap-]

noun

Classical Mythology. a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea.
Astronomy. a natural satellite of the planet Saturn.

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Historical Examples of iapetus

Iapetus on the whole may be said to shine as a star of the 9th magnitude.
The Story of the Solar System
George F. Chambers
He was the son of Iapetus and Clymene, one of the Oceanides.
The Student's Mythology
Catherine Ann White
The frigid gray eyes swung back to the sight that was revealed on Iapetus.
Hawk Carse
Anthony Gilmore
Atlas, the son of Iapetus, was doomed to bear the heavens on his shoulders.
The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911)
Charles Mills Gayley
Homer mentions specially two of them, Iapetus and Cronus; but Hesiod enumerates thirteen.
The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911)
Charles Mills Gayley

British Dictionary definitions for iapetus

Iapetus

noun

a large outer satellite of the planet Saturn

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