2006-08-29 20:58:41 · 17 answers · asked by Scottie 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
It is said that Atlas holds the world while standing on a giant turtle, that is standing on a giant snake, and the snake itself floats on an endless sea. The sea maybe describes the endless universe as we know it.
2006-08-29 22:20:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Atlas was holding the heavens, not the world; it is a common mistake, due to poor translations and the "recent" notion of the world being round. What Atlas was holding exactly is defined as "heavens vaults", and thus, he was standing on the ground.
2006-08-30 03:59:44 · answer #2 · answered by Pablo 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He holds both. "Atlas, in Greek mythology, son of the Titan Lapetus and the nymph Clymene, and brother of Prometheus. Atlas fought with the Titans in the conflict adversarial to the Olympic deities. As punishment, he changed into condemned to submit to perpetually on his lower back the earth and the heavens and on his shoulders the great pillar that separates them."
2016-11-23 14:05:06 · answer #3 · answered by shelby 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of nations have had similar problems when trying to come up with what the earth was held up with. Some have a long column of animals all standing on each other, but in the end
you come back to the what the Bible says,
that God "hung the worlds on nothing" (or in modern parlance, set them into orbit in space). Fascinating how deeply and for how long a period of history that question has fascinated man, and how science can come back with nothing greater than God's first answer in the Bible (albeit in the language of science and not of revelatory history).
Hey Ho, Maggie
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2006-08-30 00:46:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I like This question, for I am also curious. I'm actually here to defend science. We have a complete and thourough description on why the earth is the way it is, you've just been brainwashed by religeon to not believe in that. You actually take "He hung earth on nothing" as a logical and probable answer, and I can't believe people would believe it.
2006-08-30 04:08:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
you too can hold the world on your shoulders. just learn to stand upside down
2006-08-29 21:03:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mt. Olympus
2006-08-30 16:06:45 · answer #7 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Universe, Wallhalla, Heaven ,Hell ,The Underworld
It is only a Symbol and you know it!
Take care
2006-08-29 21:03:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A giant turtle, which is standing on the back of another giant turtle, and so on and so on.
2006-08-29 21:00:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Zeus' shoulder. Let's hope he doesn't shrug!
2006-08-30 13:19:08 · answer #10 · answered by Another Guy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋