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[[Image:Atlas.png|left|70px]]
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'''Atlas''' (Mountain god) in [[Greek]] [[Greek mythology|mythology]], he was the son of Iapetus, an old Titan and Clymene, a Nymph. He was the brother of Menoetius, Prometheus and Epimetheus.
'''Atlas''' (Mountain god) in [[Greek]] [[Greek mythology|mythology]], he 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. <ref>[http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/scaffold/GG/titan.html The Titans]
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. <ref>[http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/scaffold/GG/titan.html The Titans]
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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.
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]], 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.