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'''Atlas''' (Mountain god) was the son of Iapetus, an old Titan and Clymene, a Nymph. He was the brother of Menoetius, Prometheus and Epimetheus.
'''Atlas''' (Mountain god) was the son of Iapetus, an old Titan and Clymene, a Nymph. He was the brother of Menoetius, Prometheus and Epimetheus.
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 sources of this mythology is: [[Hesiod]], Theogony - Greek Epic C 8th-7th BC.
The main source of this mythology is: [[Hesiod]], Theogony - Greek Epic C 8th-7th BC.
Atlas is best-known by his cultural association with cartography.
Atlas is best-known by his cultural association with cartography.