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In Greek mythology, Atlas (/ ˈ æ t l ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἄτλας, Átlās) 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.
Articles to the Greek god Atlas and his depictions. He was a Titan condemned to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity after the Titanomachy in Greek mythology . Subcategories
Three sons of Uranus and Gaia, each with his own distinct characters. [12] Briareus (Βριάρεως) or Aigaion (Αἰγαίων), The Vigorous. Cottus (Κόττος), The Furious. Gyges (Γύγης), The Big-Limbed. The Laestrygonians (Λαιστρυγόνες), a tribe of man-eating giants encountered by Odysseus on his travels.
Chimaera, Greek mythological character – Chimaera The term "chimaera" has come to describe any mythical or fictional animal with parts taken from various animals, or to describe anything composed of very disparate parts, or perceived as wildly imaginative, implausible, or dazzling.
Farnese Atlas (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples). The Farnese Atlas is a 2nd-century CE Roman marble sculpture of Atlas holding up a celestial globe.Probably a copy of an earlier work of the Hellenistic period, it is the oldest extant statue of Atlas, a Titan of Greek mythology who is represented in earlier Greek vase painting, and the oldest known representation of the celestial sphere ...
Petrus Apianus attributed to these stars a mythical connection of their own. He believed that they were the seven Hesperides, nymph daughters of Atlas and Hesperis. Their names were: Aegle, Erythea, Arethusa, Hestia, Hespera, Hesperusa, and Hespereia. [24] A certain Crete, possible eponym of the island of Crete, was also called one of the ...
Maia is the daughter of Atlas [3] [4] and Pleione the Oceanid, and is the oldest of the seven Pleiades. [5] They were born on Mount Cyllene in Arcadia , [ 4 ] and are sometimes called mountain nymphs , oreads ; Simonides of Ceos sang of "mountain Maia" (Maiados oureias) "of the lovely black eyes."
Eumelus (), the younger twin brother of Atlas in Plato's myth of Atlantis, [1] and the son of Poseidon and Cleito, daughter of the autochthon Evenor and Leucippe. [2]His other brothers were: Ampheres and Evaemon, Mneseus and Autochthon, Elasippus and Mestor, and lastly, Azaes and Diaprepes. [3]