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Atlas. In Greek mythology, Atlas ( / ˈætləs /; Greek: Ἄτλας, Átlās) is a Libyan god [ 1] and a Titan in Greek mythology condemned to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity in Libya after the Titanomachy [ 2]. Atlas also plays a role in the myths of two of the greatest Greek heroes: Heracles ( Hercules in Roman mythology) and Perseus.
God of mortality and father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius, and Atlas. Mνημοσύνη (Mnēmosýnē) Mnemosyne: Goddess of memory and remembrance, and mother of the Nine Muses. Ὠκεανός (Ōceanós) Oceanus: God of the all-encircling river Oceans around the Earth, the fount of all the Earth's fresh-water. Φοίβη (Phoíbē) Phoebe
The one shown presents the Olympian gods feasting around a tripod table holding the golden Apple of the Hesperides. [29] The Walters Art Museum. The Hesperides tend a blissful garden in a far western corner of the world, located near the Atlas mountains in North Africa at the edge of the encircling Oceanus the world ocean. [30]
Atlas (mythology) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Atlas (mythology). Articles to the Greek god Atlas and his depictions. He was a Titan condemned to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity after the Titanomachy in Greek mythology .
Family tree of the Greek gods. The following is a family tree of gods, goddesses, and other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion . Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [ 11] are given in bold font. Key: The names of the twelve first-generation Titans have a green background.
Atlas. Frontispiece of the 1595 Atlas of Mercator. An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of maps of Earth or of a continent or region of Earth . Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today, many atlases are in multimedia formats. In addition to presenting geographical features and political boundaries ...
Titans. In Greek mythology, the Titans ( Ancient Greek: οἱ Τῑτᾶνες, hoi Tītânes, singular: ὁ Τῑτᾱ́ν, -ήν, ho Tītân) were the pre-Olympian gods. [ 1] According to the Theogony of Hesiod, they were the twelve children of the primordial parents Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth), with six male Titans— Oceanus, Coeus, Crius ...
t. e. In Greek mythology, Prometheus ( / prəˈmiːθiəs /; Ancient Greek: Προμηθεύς, [promɛːtʰéu̯s], possibly meaning "forethought") [ 1] is one of the Titans and a god of fire. [ 2] Prometheus is best known for defying the Olympian gods by taking fire from them and giving it to humanity in the form of technology, knowledge and ...