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Publié le 22/02/2012
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Greek A Titan, the son of Iapetus and
Clymene. He was the leader of the Titans in their
battle against the Olympian Gods. (See The War with
the Titans, under Zeus.) The Titans were defeated
and all but Atlas were confined to Tartarus, a
section of the Underworld. Atlas's punishment
was to carry the sky upon his shoulders throughout
eternity.
During one of his 12 famous labors, the great hero
Heracles took the burden from the shoulders of
Atlas so that the Titan could fetch for him the golden
apples of the Hesperides. When Atlas returned,
Heracles tricked him into taking back the weight
of the heavens. In another myth, the hero Perseus
turned the Titan into stone by showing him the head
of Medusa. Because of his gigantic size, the petrified
Atlas became a mountain range.
Liens utiles
- Atlas - geografía.
- Glaoui ou Gl?w?, nom de deux frères de la tribu berbère marocaine glaoua (centre du Haut-Atlas).
- Atlas (roi de l'Atlantide) - mythologie.
- Atlas (géant) - mythologie.
- Électre (fille d'Atlas et de Pléioné) - mythologie.