Atlas

 Welcome to the Atlas Page!  Here, you will learn all about Atlas.

Atlas is the Titan of weightlifting and heavy burdens. Atlas was born when Gea and Uranus had the twelve Titans. He is a bad guy in the Greek myths. Atlas was very strong, but he was silent. Atlas led the Titans in the war against the Olympians because Cronus was too old. When the Titans lost, Atlas' punishment was to hold the sky on his shoulders. This was his destiny.

 Atlas is featured in Heracles' twelve labours. In the story, Heracles asks Atlas to get the golden apples for him. Then, when Atlas returns with the apples, he decides he dosen't want to hold the sky. Heracles sees this coming so he tricks him into holding the sky for him. Heracles does this by saying he needs to put a pad on his shoulders, but as soon as he gives the sky to Atlas, he runs away.

 Atlas' name is used for a lot of products and companies today. For instance Nissan made a truck called the Atlas because they want you to believe that thier truck is the strongest. In addition to this thier is a snowgear company called Atlas. They called it Atlas becaue they want you to think of Atlas. When you think of Atlas you see a really muscular guy holding up the sky. Then you say to yourself"You must be really strong to hold up the sky. If this product is called Atlas, it has to be really strong." That is exactly what the guys who own the company want you to think. They believe that, that will make you want to buy thier product more.  > > >
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 *  Ten fun facts about Atlas
 * Thier is a bone in in your body called Atlas
 * Atlas led the Titans in the war against the Olympians
 * Atlas' punishment for fighting the Olympians is to hold the sky
 * In Roman mythology he took Medusas had out of a bag and turned into stone
 * There is a mountain named after him
 * He got married to Plieone
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">He had seven duaghters called the Pleiades
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">There is a 2-ton statue of him in Rockefellar center
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Atlas once was the ruler of Arcadia
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">There is a book about him called Atlas Shrugged

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