Greek mythology
Atlas
The Titan condemned to hold up the sky
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Parents
- Iapetus
- Children
- Calypso
- Siblings
- Epimetheus · Prometheus
- Group
- Divine · Primordials · Titans
- Appears in
- Titan War
- Places
- Garden of the Hesperides
- Family tree
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Atlas leads the Titans in their war against the Olympians, and for this Zeus lays upon him an eternal sentence: to stand at the western edge of the world and bear the weight of the heavens upon his shoulders. Mighty and tireless, he is briefly tricked into freedom by Heracles, and at last turned to stone, the mountain range that still carries his name.
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Titan War
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- Who is Atlas?
- Atlas leads the Titans in their war against the Olympians, and for this Zeus lays upon him an eternal sentence: to stand at the western edge of the world and bear the weight of the heavens upon his shoulders.
- Which mythology does Atlas belong to?
- Atlas belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Atlas appear in?
- Atlas appears in Titan War, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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MythologyNow. (2026). Atlas. https://www.mythologynow.app/en/gods/atlasMLA
"Atlas." MythologyNow, 2026, https://www.mythologynow.app/en/gods/atlas.Chicago
MythologyNow. "Atlas." Accessed 2026. https://www.mythologynow.app/en/gods/atlas.Listen to the stories of Atlas
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