Perseus did this. He was flying by with his winged sandals and he saw Atlas holding up the sky. He felt sorry for Atlas and turned him into stone with Medusa's head. This is supposedly how Mount Atlas came about.
Atlas was not a god he was a titan a child of ghaia and oranus the god and godess that raised the titans who came before the gods
Charles Atlas came to the Uniyed states of America to find freedom, justice, and equality.
It got its name from a Greek God named Atlas. He was tricked into carrying the world on his shoulders. A long ago,his picture was often placed on the first page of books of maps. So a book of books came to be as atlas.
it is called atlas because it is awseome. Atlas was the name of a giant in old Greek Stories who carried the world on his shoulders. Long ago, the giant's picture was often placed on the first page of books of maps. So a book of maps came to be known as an atlas. (From World Book Student Dictionary )
All The Lands and Seas Atlas was the name of a giant in old Greek Stories who carried the world on his shoulders. Long ago, the giant's picture was often placed on the first page of books of maps. So a book of maps came to be known as an atlas. (From World Book Student Dictionary)
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world atlas countries atlas, regional atlas
atlas means HEAD OF THE FAMILY thus first cervical vertebra is called an Atlas Atlas was the name of a giant in old Greek Stories who carried the world on his shoulders. Long ago, the giant's picture was often placed on the first page of books of maps. So a book of maps came to be known as an atlas. (From World Book Student Dictionary)
An atlas is a collection of maps .
At last! An atlas! Please hand me the atlas.
he put atlas under a spell where atlas had to hold up the sky for eternity