Atlas is best-known by his cultural association with cartography.
Atlas is best-known by his cultural association with cartography.
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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.
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In the myth of the Greek hero Heracles ([[Hercules]]), Hercules needed Atlas' help to complete one of his Twelve Labors. Atlas agreed to help, but only if Hercules would take his burden for a while. Hercules took the weight of the world while the Titan completed the task, but Atlas refused to take the Earth back afterwords, forcing Hercules to trick him into doing so.