2006-12-09 12:14:57 · 6 answers · asked by Barabas 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
The idea of atlas carrying the world is somewhat if an innacuracy. According the the original Greek accounts, Atlas was, after the Gods defeated the Titans, assigned the task of holding up the vault of the sky on his shoulders. The idea of his holding the earth was brought into colloqueal expression in the 1800 through misunderstanding and misinterpretation of the story.
2006-12-09 12:29:27 · answer #1 · answered by kveldulf_gondlir 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ha yeah - it's a children's colouring in book world atlas - I Love i! x o x o
2016-05-22 23:58:42 · answer #2 · answered by Gwendolyn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zeus condemned Atlas to stand at the western edge of the earth and hold up the heavens on his shoulders.
2006-12-09 13:13:20 · answer #3 · answered by Martha P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think he was just doing a headstand.
But I can tell you this. When Chuck Norris does a pushup he's not pushing his body up. He's actually pushing the world down.
2006-12-09 12:18:23 · answer #4 · answered by luker 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think he was, but then he saw what we humans were up to and shrugged. Every since we've been trying to hold the world up.
2006-12-09 12:27:14 · answer #5 · answered by NordicGuru 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is here. I hope he answers.
2006-12-09 12:37:16 · answer #6 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋