![]() Heracles agreed to take on the burden until Atlas goes and gets the apples, because he knew that the apples were guarded by the Ladon dragon that was almost impossible to defeat.Īfter Atlas managed to get the apples, he brought them to Heracles and asked to take them to the Mycenaean king himself. Atlas decided to offer to the Heracles to fetch the apples for him, if only he would hold his burden until he gets them. The apples were located in the Hera’s garden and were hard to reach. Heracles came to pick the apples of a tree guarded by the Atlas’s daughters Hesperides to take them to the king Euristerius. According to the writings of Plato, the first ruler of the Atlantis was also named Atlas, but this Atlas was the son of Poseidon and mortal woman Cleito.Īccording to another myth, Atlas received an opportunity to get rid of his burden. In this story, Perseus discovered Medusa’s head and turned Atlas into stone, which later became the Atlas Mountains. According to the myth, Atlas the giant tried to drive a wandering Perseus from the place where the Atlas Mountains are now located. Many confuse the celestial axis above Atlas’s head with the globe so many artists depicted Atlas holding the world or Earth above his head.Īnother myth about Atlas was the one about Atlas the giant. Because of this, Atlas was remembered as enduring Atlas and he became one of the most interesting motifs in later art and literature. Zeus condemned Atlas to stand in the western part of the Earth and hold the sky on his shoulders for eternity. After the defeat of the Titans, many of them became loyal to Tartarus but the Zeus, the highest Greek deity, decided to punish Atlas in a very peculiar way. Atlas together with his brother Menoetius sided with the Titans in the war against Gods. In Greek mythology, Atlas was a Titan and his appearance in Roman mythology is actually taken from Greek mythology. So if you were ever interested in finding out more about this Greek god, here is your chance to do that. This Greek deity’s symbolism is still very present today, and we will be talking about that as well. ![]() In today’s text we will learn more about the Greek god Atlas and his significance to the ancient Greeks and today’s popular culture. ![]() Greek mythology definitely kept a much stronger significance in the world, but the Greek mythology is not far off. Greek mythology wasn’t as important to Romans as it was the Greek mythology to Greeks, but it still persevered until today and the symbolism of that time can be found even today. Their significance can sometimes be bigger, even though some of these deities are minor in status. The highest Greek deity was Zeus and the rest of Greek gods and goddesses were lower in status, but not lower in their significance.
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