Atlas Supporting The Heavens #1
by Photo Researchers
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Atlas Supporting The Heavens #1
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Photo Researchers
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Photograph - Photograph
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"Atlas Supports the Heavens on His Shoulders" by Bernard Picart (1731). by. In classical Greek mythology, Atlas was the primordial Titan who held up the celestial sphere. He is also the titan of astronomy and navigation. Atlas and his brother Menoetius sided with the Titans in their war against the Olympians, the Titanomachy. When the Titans were defeated, many of them were confined to Tartarus, but Zeus condemned Atlas to stand at the western edge of Gaia (the Earth) and hold up Uranus on his shoulders, to prevent the two from resuming their primordial embrace. A common misconception today is that Atlas was forced to hold the Earth on his shoulders, but Classical art shows Atlas holding the celestial spheres, not a globe.
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July 7th, 2014
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