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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) in [[Greek]] 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 | + | 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. |
Atlas is best-known by his cultural association with cartography. | Atlas is best-known by his cultural association with cartography. | ||
Revision as of 13:38, July 22, 2007
Atlas (Mountain god) in Greek 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. [1]
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.
Atlas is best-known by his cultural association with cartography.
See also
External links
References
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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