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In Greek mythology, Atlas (/ ˈ æ t l ə s /; Greek: Ἄτλας, Átlas) is a Titan condemned to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity after the Titanomachy. Atlas also plays a role in the myths of two of the greatest Greek heroes: Heracles (Hercules in Roman mythology) and Perseus.
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An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle...
- Hyades
Family. The Hyades were daughters of Atlas (by either...
- Menoetius
Menoetius, a second generation Titan, son of Iapetus and...
- Celestial Spheres
Early ideas of spheres and circles. In Greek antiquity the...
- Titans
In Greek mythology, the Titans (Ancient Greek: οἱ Τῑτᾶνες,...
- Iapetus
In Greek mythology, Iapetus (/ aɪ ˈ æ p ɪ t ə s /;...
- Titanomachy
In Greek mythology, the Titanomachy (/ ˌ t aɪ t ə ˈ n ɒ m ə...
- Hyas
Hyas was the son of the Titan Atlas and either of the...
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Atlas, in Greek mythology, son of the Titan Iapetus and the Oceanid Clymene (or Asia) and brother of Prometheus (creator of humankind). In Homer’s Odyssey, Book I, Atlas seems to have been a marine creature who supported the pillars that held heaven and earth apart.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The story of Atlas. Atlas was one of the older gods of Greece, known as the Titans. They had come to dominate the world and the cosmos after Cronos had usurped his father's throne as King of the Gods. The myth of Atlas is widely believed to have originated before the Hellenes or Greek made their home in Greece.
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Mar 24, 2017 · In Greek art, Atlas is, from the 6th century BCE, often featured in depictions of the labours of Hercules, most notably in a metope from the temple of Zeus at Olympia (c. 460 BCE) where he stands in the gardens of the Hesperides.
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Atlas, a collection of maps or charts, usually bound together. The name derives from a custom—initiated by Gerardus Mercator in the 16th century—of using the figure of the Titan Atlas, holding the globe on his shoulders, as a frontispiece for books of maps. In addition to maps and charts, atlases.
An atlas is a collection of maps or manifolds, traditionally bound into book form, but also found in multimedia formats. It may show geographic features and political boundaries, but often social, religious and economic statistics as well. World map from the first modern atlas by Ortelius - Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570)
