ATLAS, in Greek Mythology

ătˈləs, in Greek mythology, a Titan; son of Iapetus and Clymene and the brother of Prometheus. When the Titans were defeated, Atlas was condemned to hold the sky on his shoulders for all eternity—a mythical explanation of why the sky does not fall. Hercules shouldered the burden in exchange for Atlas fetching him the apples of the Hesperides. He is identified with the Atlas mountains in NW Africa. He was the father of Calliope and the Pleiades.

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The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology"
Book by Robin Hard; Routledge, 2003
Subjects: Mythology, Greek
...Hades and the mythology of the Underworld 107...The later life of Herakles in central and northern Greece...The origin of the war and the Greek crossing 437...Herakles holds up the sky for Atlas. Drawing after a Greek vase...
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The Anger of Achilles: Menis in Greek Epic
Book by Leonard Muellner; Cornell University Press, 1996
Subjects: Achilles (Greek Mythology) In Literature, Anger In Literature, Epic Poetry, Greek--History And Criticism, Homer--Iliad, M?Enis (The Greek Word)
...0-8014-3230-8 cloth: alk. paper 1. Epic poetry, Greek--History and criticism. 2. Anger in literature. 3. Achilles Greek mythology in literature. 4. Me + nis The Greek word 5. Hesiod. Theogony. 6. Homer. Iliad. I. Title. PA3015.A58M84 1996...
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A Handbook of Greek Mythology: Including Its Extension to Rome
Book by H. J. Rose; Routledge, 1991
Subjects: Mythology, Roman
...cult and in mythology by goddesses...believed in them, and...probability not Greek; Themis is...near the Atlas mountains; as the name Atlas is found...those which, in modern Greek belief and...a common Greek round figure...number of days in the year...rest of his mythology consists...
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The Uses of Greek Mythology
Book by Ken Dowden; Routledge, 1992
...daughter. What, then, does Greek Mythology contain? Frazer divided the...the Flood. Beginnings of the Greek tribes. Various tales, based mainly in northern Greece: Meleager and...apple. 7 Family of Atlas. Arcadia: Hermes early feats...
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Gender and Politics in Greek Tragedy
Book by Michael X. Zelenak; Peter Lang Publishing, 1998
Subjects: Gender Identity In Literature, Greek Drama (Tragedy)--History And Criticism, Literature And Society--Greece, Political Plays, Greek--History And Criticism, Politics And Literature--Greece, Sex Role In Literature, Women And Literature--Greece
...fifth-century polis in order to bring...politics of mythology was a central...discourse. Because Greek religion contained...River but in the imagination...monsters that fill Greek mythology, from Gorgons...and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual...
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journal articles on: Atlas in Greek Mythology  - 31 results

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Centaurs Unnaturally Fabulous
Journal article by Carl Woodring; Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 38, 2007
Subjects: Animals, Mythical--Portrayals, Greek mythology--Portrayals, Mythical animals--Portrayals
...the Centaur and Baby Faun and concluded: "Then there was Faust and Chiron, the centaur Chiron of Greek mythology renowned for his wisdom and skill in medicine, hunting, music and prophecy" (International Studio 39.262). The exhibition of Ricketts...
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The Dog Star and the Multiple Suns Motif: An Asian Contribution to European Mythology
Journal article by Peter Metevelis; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 64, 2005
Subjects: Astronomical research, Folk literature--Research, Folklore--Research, Sirius (Star)--Research, Sirius--Research
...1962 The place of the Sun Myth in the evaluation of Chinese mythology. Academia Sinica Bulletin of...The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth...CAMPBELL, Joseph 1983 Historical Atlas of World Mythology. Vol. I, The...
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The Latin and Greek Poetry of Charles Chauncy
Journal article by Betty J. Parks; Early American Literature, Vol. 14, 1979
Subjects: American Literature--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775, American Literature--Revolutionary Period, 1775-1783
...such grief? Not sky-bearing Atlas twisting the vault of heaven...Who has so dipped his tongue in the nectar? What diver has so...And Orpheus himself stands in wonder as your sweet strains...so they say, Stole from the Greek citadel the image of Pallas...
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Reviewed Elsewhere
Journal article; Biography, Vol. 27, 2004
...fact, to adopt the role of the unstable narrator ... is at least in part a creative strategy for dealing with the familiarity of...non-fiction, it should be called fictional biography." James Atlas. TLS, July 9, 2004: 8. Antarctic Explorers The Longest Winter...
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Dividing the Ocean Sea [*]
Journal article by Martin W. Lewis; The Geographical Review, Vol. 89, 1999
Subjects: Geographical research--History, Geography--History, Hydrography--History, Physical geography--History
...divisions, his atlas as a whole...classicizing urge. In the heyday...stemming from Greek mythology no less than...Careys General Atlas. Philadelphia...W. 1985. Greek and Roman...Cartography in Ptolemy...Classical Mythology Translated...Discovery in Dante. In...the Ancient Greek Maps. Research...
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'Black Athena' and the American Dilemma
Magazine article by James Allan Evans; Contemporary Review, Vol. 272, January 1998
Subjects: Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Blacks--Social aspects
...African, as a glance at any atlas demonstrated, and no Trevor...African civilisation except in a purely geographical sense...of Egypt and the Near East to Greek civilisation and how racist...which is reflected in Greek mythology, told of Phoenician and Egyptian...
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Have City, Will Manage
Magazine article by Joyce Bonesteel; Public Management, Vol. 75, January 1993
Subjects: City managers--Interviews, Lapeer County, Michigan--Officials and employees
...Joyce Bonesteel In the pages of Greek mythology, a tough Titan named Atlas got together with his...butts. He collared Atlas and condemned the sorry...on the streets, and in their homes. The city...a water main bursts in the middle of the night...
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The Good Fight: The Case for Socialism in the Twenty-First Century
Magazine article by Scott Tucker; The Humanist, Vol. 54, March 1994
Subjects: Capitalism--International aspects, Peaceful change (International relations)--Analysis, Socialism--International aspects
...dangerous when mythology and technology...harnessed together in mass movements...Rockefeller Center is Atlas holding the globe...of her novels Atlas Shrugged--a capitalist tract, in fact, whose moral...knows nothing of Greek mythology, Adam Smith...
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A History of Karst Studies: From Stone Age to the Present
Magazine article by Philip E. Lamoreaux, James W. Lamoreaux; Focus, Summer-Fall 1998
Subjects: Caves--Origin, Geological research--History, Karst--Environmental aspects, Karsts--Environmental aspects, Water supply--Environmental aspects, Water-supply--Environmental aspects
...resulting papers provide contributions to a better understanding of solution processes in karst areas. * In 1971, the first of the Atlas Series, Environmental Hydrogeology of Karst, was published by the Geological Survey of Alabama. It described...
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This Is Now: Becoming Robert Rauschenberg
Magazine article by Thomas Crow; Artforum International, Vol. 36, September 1997
Subjects: Artists--Biography, Rauschenberg, Robert--Biography
...Forge, perceived a connection between the topical and the cosmological in the silkscreen paintings, celebrating Barge - the most monumental of them - as "encyclopedic. Like an atlas it holds out a promise of an entire world."(29) This perception was...
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Exhibition? Now You're Talking; BEER
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), June 13, 2008
Subjects: Breweries--Exhibitions, Brewing industry--Exhibitions
...BEER WRITER OF THE YEAR IN Greek mythology, Jason and the Argonauts...The British Lion and The Atlas. Their haul also included...been completely consumed in beer, breweries, pubs and...the local history material in the library, so its an opportunity...
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Another Giant Step for Man. and the Last Great Challenge for All of Mankind
Newspaper article by Peter Samson; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), March 21, 1999
Subjects: Branson, Richard
...Like Icarus, the flying legend in Greek mythology who flew too close to the sun, those...balloon flight around the world began in 1850 with American John Wise. The...let the balloon fly clear of the Atlas mountains in North Africa. When...
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Underlining the Perpetual Relevance of Ancient Myths
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 20, 2005
...version of "The Odyssey." Nor is Greek mythology the only sort to be explored: Future...Grossman. Having always pictured Atlas as a giant bearing the enormous globe...shoulders, I was surprised to read in a reference guide to classical literature...
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Island Surprises; Bahamas' Charm Lies in Unexpected
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 22, 2003
...Florida; and Chinese, Syrian and Greek immigrants. All those people...Charlotte, built by Lord Dunsmore in honor of Queen Charlotte, wife...the legend of Atlantis. The mythology of Atlantis is the propertys...by the windows. The casinos Atlas Bar and Grill features American...


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Atlas , in Greek Mythology
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ATLAS , in Greek mythology at l s, in Greek mythology, a Titan ; son of Iapetus...the Titans were defeated, Atlas was condemned to hold the...He is identified with the Atlas mountains in NW Africa. He was the father...
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Calypso , in Greek Mythology
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CALYPSO , in Greek mythology k lip so, nymph, daughter of Atlas, in Homers Odyssey. She lived on the island of Ogygia and there entertained Odysseus for seven years. Although she offered to make him immortal if he would remain, Odysseus...
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Pleiades , in Greek Mythology
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PLEIADES , in Greek mythology in Greek mythology, seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione. According to one legend they were the attendants of Artemis and were changed into stars by the gods when...
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Hyades , in Greek Mythology
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HYADES , in Greek mythology in Greek mythology, nymphs; daughters of Atlas and Aethra. They cared for both Zeus and Dionysus as infants. In recognition of these services, they were placed...
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Iapetus , in Greek Mythology
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
IAPETUS , in Greek mythology in Greek mythology, a Titan. By the nymph Clymene he fathered Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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