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Atlas (mythology)
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Atlas (mythology)
In
Greek mythology
,
Atlas
(; ) was the
Titan
who held up the sky. Although associated with various places, he became commonly identified with the
Atlas Mountains
in northwest Africa (Modern-day
Morocco
,
Algeria
and
Tunisia
). Atlas was the son of the Titan
Iapetus
and the
Oceanid
Asia
or
Clymene
. According to the
ancient Greek poet
Hesiod
Atlas stood at the ends of the earth towards the
west
.
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