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Atlas (Ἄτλας / Átlas, « le porteur », en grec ancien) est un des Titans hésiodiques du mythe fondateur de la mythologie grecque et de la Grèce antique, père des Pléiades, des Hyades, des Hespérides et de Calypso. À la suite de sa défaite dans la guerre des Titans contre les dieux de l'Olympe et Zeus pour régner sur le monde, ce ...
The Farnese Atlas, the oldest surviving depiction of the celestial spheres. In Greek mythology, Atlas ( / ˈætləs /; 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 ...
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In Greek Mythology, Atlas was a Titan who was responsible for bearing the weight of the heavens on his shoulders, a punishment bestowed on him by Zeus. He was given this task in retribution for him leading the Titans into battle, or Titanomachy, against the Olympian Gods for control of the heavens. Just as Kratos was the personification of ...
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.
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. These were thought to rest in.
mythologie. Fils du Titan Japet et de l'océanide Clyméné, frère de Prométhée. Chez Homère, Atlas apparaît comme un être d'origine marine, chargé de maintenir les piliers séparant le ciel et la terre et qui, pensait-on, reposaient au fond de la mer, juste au-delà de l'horizon, dans la direction de l'ouest. Plus tard, le nom d'Atlas ...
