Atlas was the name of a titan in Greek mythology, the son of Iapetus and Clymene. He was famous for 'holding up the sky', or separating Gaia and Uranus as a punishment by Zeus.
Atlas was the Titan who supported the "celestial spheres" (planets) on his shoulders. Due to his involvement with astronomy, collections of maps were dedicated to him, and they became known as an Atlas. Regarding the moving company, they formed in 1948, and chose the Name Atlas Van Lines as a memorable name- and the catch phrase "We move the world for you."
The word volcano more likely came from ROMAN mythology, not Greek, because the Roman god of fire and volcanoes was called Vulcan.
The name of Irene come from the Greek Eirene, a word meaning 'peace'. This was the name of the goddess of peace in Greek mythology.
it is mythology but it just comes from a Greek word
The word "somnambulate", meaning "to sleepwalk", actually comes from two Latin words: somnus, meaning "sleep", and ambulare, meaning "to walk".
adore, atlas, allay, or altar
The etymology of the name Atlas is still much debated. Many people think it related a word meaning "support".
Atlas was a titan who fought against the gods in the war. As a punishment, they had him hold up the Sky to keep it from falling to the Earth. Some say that he held up the Earth. This is why a book of maps is called an Atlas.
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Greek mythology.
Atlas was the name of one of the Titans in Greek Myth, origianlly he governed the moon, but when the titans went to war with the Olympians and were defeated, Zeus punished the titans in various was. Atlas's fate was to hold up the sky above the earth forever. He is often depicted as holding the Celestial Sphere on his shoulders, which is frequently mistaken for a globe of the Earth.
Atlas was the Titan who supported the "celestial spheres" (planets) on his shoulders. Due to his involvement with astronomy, collections of maps were dedicated to him, and they became known as an Atlas. Regarding the moving company, they formed in 1948, and chose the Name Atlas Van Lines as a memorable name- and the catch phrase "We move the world for you."
atlas = ahtlahs (אטלס)
The word "Titanic" comes from mythology (The Titans) as does "Olympic" (The Olympians).
The word "Atlantic" is desirved from Greek mythology, referring to the Ttan Atlas, who gave his name to the Atlas mountain range of North Africa. To the Romans,the Atlantic was the region beyond the Atlas Mountains.It was also thought to be the site of the land of Atlantis,said to have been swallowed up by the sea many centuries ago.
The word volcano more likely came from ROMAN mythology, not Greek, because the Roman god of fire and volcanoes was called Vulcan.
Atlas is a book of maps and/or charts