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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.
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.
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.
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 ==
== See also ==