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Atlas led the Titans against Zeus in the Titanomachy. Atlas the Titan was punished by having to hold the heavens apart from the Earth.
Atlas - The Titan Atlas
Atlas is the son of the Titans Iapetus and Clymene, two of the twelve Titans. The battle Atlas led against Zeus took ten years after which Atlas was punished with holding up the heavens while the other Titans were consigned to Tartarus.
Titans of Greek Mythology
Besides the Olympian gods and goddesses, the Titans produced other offspring, either themselves or through mating with other creatures. The second generation Titans included Atlas.
Atlas
Atlas is the son of the Titans Iapetus and Clymene, two of the twelve Titans. The battle Atlas led against Zeus took ten years after which Atlas was punished with holding up the heavens while the other Titans were consigned to Tartarus.
Atlas
In Roman mythology, Atlas (who was turned to stone by Medusa's head) fathered the Pleiades, Hyades, and Hesperides, whose mother was Hesperis.
Atlas
By Carlos Parada. Atlas is best known for bearing on his shoulders the pillars which keep earth and heaven apart as punishment for the Titanomachy.

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