Atlas
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In Greek mythology, Atlas (Mountain god) was the son of Iapetus, an old Titan and Clymene, a Nymph. He was the brother of Menoetius, Prometheus and Epimetheus.
Unlike his brothers Prometheus and Epimetheus, Atlas fought with the other Titans supporting Cronus against Zeus. Due to Cronus's advance age Atlas lead the Titan's in battle. As a result he was singled out by Zeus for a special punishment and made to hold up the world on his back. [1]
Before his condemnation by Zeus, Atlas married Pleione, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. He was the father of seven daughters known as the Pleiades: Electra, Tayete, Maia, Celaeno, Alcyone, Asterope and Merope.
The main source of this mythology is: Hesiod's Theogony, Greek Epic C 8th-7th BC, a poem describing the origins of the gods of the ancient Greeks.
Atlas is best-known by his cultural association with cartography.
In the myth "Heracles (Hercules), Atlas convinced Hercules to take the weight of the Earth for a while, untill Hercules tricked Atlas into taking the Earth back.
See also
External links
References
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
| Deities of Greek Mythology | ||
| Primordial Deities | Aether • Chaos • Erebus • Eros • Gaia • Nyx • Tartarus • Uranus | |
| Titans | Titanes: Coeus • Crius • Cronus • Hyperion • Iapetus • Oceanus | |
| Titanides: Mnemosyne • Phoebe • Rhea • Tethys • Theia • Themis | ||
| Offspring: Asteria • Atlas • Eos • Epimetheus • Helios • Leto • Menoetius • Prometheus • Selene | ||
| Olympians | Aphrodite • Apollo • Ares • Artemis • Athena • Demeter • Dionysus • Hades • Hebe • Hephaestus • Hera • Hermes • Hestia • Persephone • Poseidon • Zeus | |
| Other Deities | Asclepius • Pan • Nymphs • Erinyes | |
| Muses | Calliope • Clio • Erato • Euterpe • Melpomene • Polyhymnia • Terpsichore • Thalia • Urania | |
