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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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Revision as of 13:07, July 22, 2007
Atlas was the son of Iapetus, an old Titan and Clymene, a Nymph .
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]
The main sources of this mythology is: Hesiod, Theogony - Greek Epic C8th-7th BC.
See also
External links
References
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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