ATLAS  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, the " endurer," a son of the Titan See also:

• IAPETUS

Iapetus and Clymene (or See also:

• ASIA

Asia), See also:

• BROTHER

brother of See also:

• PROMETHEUS

Prometheus . See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer, in the Odyssey (i . 52) speaks of him as " one who knows the depths of the whole See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, and keeps the tall pillars which hold See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven and See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth asunder." In the first instance he seems to have been a marine creation . The pillars which he supported were thought to See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest in the sea, immediately beyond the most western See also:

• HORIZON (Gr. 6pfTwv, dividing)

horizon . But as the Greeks' knowledge of the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west increased, the name of Atlas was transferred to a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-west of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . Later, he was represented as a See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of that See also:

• DISTRICT

district, See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich in flocks and herds, and owner of the See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden of the See also:

• HESPERIDES

Hesperides, who was turned into a rocky See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain when See also:

• PERSEUS

Perseus, to punish him for his inhospitality, showed him the See also:

• GORGON, GORGONS (Gr. Popyc'o, Fopyoves, the "terrible," or, according to some, the " loud-roaring ")

Gorgon's See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head (See also:

• OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid, Metam. iv . 627) . Finally, Atlas was explained as the name of a See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive astronomer, who was said to have made the first See also:

• CELESTIAL, OR STELLAR

celestial globe (Diodorus iii . 6o) . He was the See also:

• FATHER

father of the See also:

• PLEIADES
• PLEIADES, ATLANTIDES

Pleiades and See also:

• HYADES (" the rainy ones ")

Hyades; according to Homer, of See also:

• CALYPSO

Calypso . In See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• ART

art he is represented as carrying the heavens or the terrestrial globe . The See also:

• FARNESE
• FARNESE, ALEXANDER (1545-1592)
• FARNESE, ELIZABETH (1692-1766)

Farnese statue of Atlas in the See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples museum is well known .

The plural See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form ATLANTES is the classical See also:

• TERM

term in See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture for the male sculptured figures supporting a superstructure as in the See also:

• BATHS

baths at See also:

• POMPEII

Pompeii, and in the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple at See also:

• AGRIGENTUM (Gr. 'Arcpayas, mod. Girgenti (q.v.))

Agrigentum in See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily . In 18th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century architecture See also:

• HALF

half-figures of men with strong See also:

• MUSCULAR

muscular development were used to support balconies ',see See also:

• CARYATIDES (Latinized from the Greek; the plural of Caryatis, i.e. a woman of Caryae in Laconia)

CARYATIDES and See also:

• TELAMONES (Gr. reXaµwv, supporter, from rXitval, to bear)

TELAMONES) . A figure of Atlas supporting the heavens is often found as a See also:

• FRONTISPIECE (through the French, from Med. Lat. frontispicium, a front view, frons, frontis, forehead or front, and specere, to look at; the English spelling is a mistaken adaptation to " piece ")

frontispiece in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early collections of maps, and is said to have been first thus used by See also:

• MERCATOR, GERARDUS [latinized form of GERHARD KREMER] (1512-1594)

Mercator . The name is hence applied to avolume of maps (see See also:

• MAP
• MAP (or MAPES), WALTER (d. c. 1208/9)

MAP), and similarly to a See also:

• VOLUME

volume which contains a See also:

• TABULAR

tabular conspectus of a subject, such as an atlas of ethnographical, subjects or anatomical plates . It is also used of a large See also:

• SIZE

size of See also:

• DRAWING

drawing See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper .