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What is a good greek legend about mountains?

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When Perseus, a Greek hero, took a mosters head and showed it to Atlas, the Titan god who holds up the sky. Atlas took one look at the head and, since it was so ugly, turned to stone. The head was the head of Medusa. Since Atlas was so big he turned into the Atlas mountain range.

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