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[QUOTE]Originally posted by mena7: [QB] [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/MAN_Atlante_fronte_1040572.JPG/800px-MAN_Atlante_fronte_1040572.JPG[/IMG] God Atlas lifting the Zodiac Globe In Greek mythology, Atlas (/ˈætləs/; Ancient Greek: Ἄτλας) was the Titan god of endurance and astronomy,[1] condemned to hold up the sky for eternity after the Titanomachy. Although associated with various places, he became commonly identified with the Atlas Mountains in northwest Africa (modern-day Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia).[2] Atlas was the son of the Titan Iapetus and the Oceanid Asia[3] or Clymene.[4] He had many children, mostly daughters, the Hesperides, the Hyades, the Pleiades, and the nymph Calypso who lived on the island Ogygia.[5] According to the ancient Greek poet Hesiod Atlas stood at the ends of the earth towards the west.[6] In contexts where a Titan and a Titaness are assigned each of the seven planetary powers, Atlas is paired with Phoebe and governs the moon.[not in citation given][7] Hyginus emphasises the primordial nature of Atlas by making him the son of Aether and Gaia.[8] "Atlantic Ocean" means "Sea of Atlas", while "Atlantis" means "island of Atlas". [/QB][/QUOTE]
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