Titan Atlas

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Titan Atlas is a powerful figure in Greek mythology best known for bearing the weight of the heavens on his shoulders as punishment from Zeus.

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Label Occurrences
Titan Atlas canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Titan
deity in Greek mythology
mythological figure
alsoKnownAs Atlas
associatedPlace Atlas Mountains
associatedWith endurance
strength
category Greek gods
Titans in Greek mythology
children Calypso
Dione
Hesperides
Hyades
Maera
Pleiades
cosmicFunction supporting the sky
culture Greek mythology
defeatedBy Zeus
distinguishedFrom Atlas the geographical collection of maps
encounteredBy Heracles
etymologyOfName possibly from Greek "tlao" meaning "to endure"
gender male
helped Heracles
iconographicAttribute kneeling or straining posture
muscular physique
knownFor bearing the weight of the heavens on his shoulders
literarySource Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Hesiod's Theogony
mythInvolvement Heracles' quest for the golden apples of the Hesperides
opponent Olympian gods
parent Clymene
Iapetus
portrayedAs powerful bearded man bearing the heavens
punishedBy Zeus
punishment bearing the weight of the heavens
residence western edge of the world
role bearer of the heavens
sibling Epimetheus
Menoetius
Prometheus
spouseOrConsort Aethra
Pleione
symbol celestial sphere
globe on shoulders
tookPartIn Titanomachy

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Sterope notableRelative Titan Atlas
Children of Atlas relatedTo Titan Atlas
Maera isRelatedTo Titan Atlas
Polyxo associatedWith Titan Atlas