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What was Atlas's punishment?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Zeus made Atlas hold the shy and the earth apart. He stood on the most western part of Gaia (the earth) and held Uranus (the sky) on his shoulders so that they would never embrace. Modern depictions have Atlas holding the planet on his shoulders, but that isn't the original story.

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13y ago

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