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Why Did Atlas Have Led The Titans

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Atlas was the Titan God of astronomy and navigation. He was the son of Iapetus and Clymene, and the brother of Prometheus, Epithemus, and Menoetius. He was married to his sister, Phoebe, and had lots of children including the Hesperides, the Hyades, Hyas, the Pleiades, Dione, Maera, and Calypso. Atlas had the Atlantic Ocean named after him; Atlantic meaning the “Sea of Atlas” and the lost city; Atlantis meaning the “Island of Atlas”. In the Titans and Olympians war, Atlas had taken Cronus’s side on the Titans against Zeus. Atlas had taken over leading the Titans due to Cronus’s infirmity of old age. Zeus had gotten irritated over the ten year long battle with no advancement to either side. Like the cheater Zeus is, he went down to Tartarus, killed the creature that was protecting what he wanted, snatched up the Giants and Cyclopses, and used them in battle. The Cyclopses had given Zeus the ability to use thunder and lightning as a weapon in return of their freedom. With the ability to strike anyone with lightning, Zeus brought down Cronus. With Cronus gone, …show more content…

Atlas was one of twelve of Hercules’s labors. With Eurystheus knowing that the Hesperides were Atlas’s daughters, he had Hercules require Atlas to go grab the golden apples from Ladon, a one-hundred headed dragon, and his daughters. Hercules had told Atlas that he would take over his job of holding up the sky to give him a break while he went on his journey. He agreed to the offer and went to get the apples. When Atlas had come back with the golden apples, he didn’t want to take his job of holding the sky back. He wanted his break to last forever. Atlas had tried to trick Hercules into holding the sky forever, but the sneaky mortal had his own trick up his sleeve. He swapped back with Atlas “temporarily” so he could hand the apples over to the Mycenaean king and Atlas was left with holding the

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