Contemporary Allusion Of Atlas Myth

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Introduction: Atlas Titan god of astronomy, navigation, and the bearer of the heavens Parents: Iapetus the Titan and Clymene the nymph Siblings He had three brothers, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius Wife His sister, Phoebe Children One son, Hyas, and multiple daughters, Pleione, the Hesperides, the Pleiades, and the Hyades. Family Background Titans were giants who ruled the earth before the Olympians came and overthrew them. Contemporary Allusion: Modern day collections of maps are called atlases. Extra: Atlas was actually holding up the sky, not the earth. Mercator, the mapmaker first started the tradition of depicting Atlas as holding the earth when he put it on the cover of his book in the 1500’s. Myth: …show more content…

The gods, being more powerful, defeated the Titans but since they could not kill the Titans, they punished them in their own way. Atlas, a very strong Titan, was forced to stand on the edge of Gaea, the earth. Interactions: Hercules was on his journey to complete his 12 labors. One of his tasks was to get the golden apples of Hesperides. He went to the Titan god Atlas and asked him to get the apples for him but in return Hercules had to hold up the heavens forever. Hercules took Atlas’s spot and held the weight of the heavens while Atlas got the apples for him. After Atlas returned, Hercules asked if Atlas could hold the weight one more time while he adjusted. He then picked up the apples and ran away, leaving Atlas there for eternity. Appearance, powers, weaknesses: Atlas was portrayed as a bearded, muscular, super human being kneeling, supporting the sky. Atlas was extremely strong and even held up the

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