Atlas

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Titan deity mythologicalFigure

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

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Atlas canonical	58
Atlas bearing the celestial heavens	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Titan ⓘ deity ⓘ mythologicalFigure ⓘ
associatedLocation	Hesperides ⓘ surface form: Garden of the Hesperides
associatedWith	endurance ⓘ navigation and astronomy ⓘ strength ⓘ western ocean ⓘ
category	Characters in Greek mythology ⓘ Titans of Greek mythology ⓘ surface form: Titans in Greek mythology
causeOfPunishment	participation in the Titanomachy against the Olympian gods ⓘ
child	Alcyone ⓘ Celaeno ⓘ Electra ⓘ Hyas ⓘ Maia ⓘ Merope ⓘ Sterope ⓘ Taygete ⓘ
childGroup	Hyades ⓘ Pleiades ⓘ
culture	Greek mythology ⓘ
defeatedBy	Zeus ⓘ
domain	edges of the known world ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
guardianOf	Hesperides ⓘ surface form: Garden of the Hesperides
mentionedIn	Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
mythologicalEra	Titanomachy ⓘ surface form: Titanomachy period
nameEtymology	possibly from Greek "tlao" meaning "to endure" or "to bear" ⓘ
oftenDepictedAs	strong man carrying the sky or a celestial sphere ⓘ
opponent	Zeus ⓘ
parent	Clymene ⓘ Iapetus ⓘ
punishment	bearing the weight of the heavens ⓘ
relatedConcept	atlas (collection of maps) named after him ⓘ
residence	Atlas Mountains ⓘ western edge of the world ⓘ
role	bearer of the heavens ⓘ
sibling	Epimetheus ⓘ Menoetius ⓘ Prometheus ⓘ
spouseOrConsort	Pleione ⓘ
symbol	globe on shoulders ⓘ
transformationCause	Perseus ⓘ surface form: Perseus showing him the head of Medusa
transformedInto	mountain ⓘ

Referenced by (59)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Prometheus → siblings → Atlas ⓘ

Pleiades → containsStar → Atlas ⓘ

Iapetus → parentOf → Atlas ⓘ

Clymene → motherOf → Atlas ⓘ

Hyades → parent → Atlas ⓘ

Merope → childOf → Atlas ⓘ

Epimetheus → sibling → Atlas ⓘ

Calypso → parent → Atlas ⓘ

Calypso → father → Atlas ⓘ

Menoetius → siblingOf → Atlas ⓘ

Hesperides → parent → Atlas ⓘ

Maia → relative → Atlas ⓘ

Electra → childOf → Atlas ⓘ

Electra → father → Atlas ⓘ

Taygete → parent → Atlas ⓘ

Celaeno → parent → Atlas ⓘ

Celaeno → father → Atlas ⓘ

Atlas statue → depicts → Atlas ⓘ

Atlas statue → subjectMatter → Atlas ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlas bearing the celestial heavens

Alcyone → parent → Atlas ⓘ

Titans → includes → Atlas ⓘ

Sterope → father → Atlas ⓘ

Hyas → parent → Atlas ⓘ

Phaesyle (Hyad) → parent → Atlas ⓘ

subject surface form: Phaesyle

Pleione → spouse → Atlas ⓘ

Pleione → childrenWith → Atlas ⓘ

Titans of Greek mythology → includes → Atlas ⓘ

subject surface form: second-generation Titans

Iapetids → hasMember → Atlas ⓘ

Chrysothemis → parent → Atlas ⓘ

Aegle → parent → Atlas ⓘ

Children of Atlas → hasParent → Atlas ⓘ

Asia → child → Atlas ⓘ

Hesperia → parent → Atlas ⓘ

Asterope → parentInSomeTraditions → Atlas ⓘ

Heracles cycle → includesCharacter → Atlas ⓘ

Melotte 22 → notableStar → Atlas ⓘ

Messier 45 → containsStar → Atlas ⓘ

Titan Atlas → alsoKnownAs → Atlas ⓘ

Asterope → parent → Atlas ⓘ

Pleiades and Hyades myth cycle → associatedWith → Atlas ⓘ

Hyades nymphs → parent → Atlas ⓘ

Mother of the Pleiades → spouse → Atlas ⓘ

Atlantic Ocean (via Sheepshead Bay inlet) → namedAfter → Atlas ⓘ

subject surface form: Atlantic Ocean

Maera → isDescendantOf → Atlas ⓘ

Maera → hasAncestor → Atlas ⓘ

Cleeia → parent → Atlas ⓘ

Cleeia → father → Atlas ⓘ

Phaesyla → parent → Atlas ⓘ

Phaesyla → father → Atlas ⓘ

Ambrosia → hasFather → Atlas ⓘ