2006-09-16 19:25:16 · 24 answers · asked by april 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Atlas.
2006-09-16 19:26:09 · answer #1 · answered by reid296 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Greek mythology, Atlas was one of the primordial Titans.
Atlas was the son of the Titan Iapetos and the Oceanid Clymene.[1] Where a Titan and a Titaness are assigned each of the seven planetary powers, Atlas is paired with Phoebe and governs the moon. [2] He had three brothers — Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius.[3]
Atlas sided with the Titans in their war (known as the Titanomachy) against the Olympians. His brothers Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius weighed the odds and betrayed the other Titans by an alliance with the Olympians. When the Titans were defeated, many of them were confined to Tartaros, but Zeus condemned Atlas to stand at the western edge of the earth and hold up the heavens on his shoulders, to prevent the two from resuming their primordial embrace.
2006-09-18 03:51:37 · answer #2 · answered by samanthajanecaroline 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-20 10:30:52 · answer #3 · answered by But Inside I'm Screaming 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-19 14:19:57 · answer #4 · answered by eric a 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-18 02:27:56 · answer #5 · answered by phil d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-17 01:29:26 · answer #6 · answered by oana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-16 23:55:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-16 19:32:09 · answer #8 · answered by jmlmmlmll 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be the Titan named Atlas who had to hold up the world as a punioshment for his part in the battle between the Titans and the Gods on MT Olympus.
2006-09-16 19:28:04 · answer #9 · answered by glenn w 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-16 19:27:12 · answer #10 · answered by mr.mister 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-16 19:27:03 · answer #11 · answered by zaffaris 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋