This is the whole legend of Prometheus:
One day, a quarrel broke because of a bull: no one agrees on the pieces that will be given to the gods and those that will be given to mankind. Prometheus was chosen to be the arbiter of the conflict. Prometheus makes two bags. In the first, there is all the flesh, but he hides it behind the stomach, which is the least delicious part of the animal. In the second, there are bones hidden under a layer of creamy white fat (Gods love to eat fat). Zeus chose the second bag. (That's why the ancient Greeks sacrificed only the fat and the bones of an animal)
When Zeus discovers the ruse, he punishes Prometheus by removing fire from mankind. Prometheus visit Athena to ask her to help him enter Olympus without being seen. She helps him. He steals fire from the gods and give it to mankind.
Zeus decides to avenge him. He asks Hephaestus to make a woman with clay and give her life. This woman is Pandora. (Pandora had a bad temper. Zeus maybe thought that living with her would drive Prometheus crazy) Zeus sends the gift to Epimetheus, his brother. But he denies the gift.
Increasingly irritated, Zeus orders to enchain Prometheus in the Caucasus Mountains, where a vulture will eat his liver all day, for eternity. Later, Zeus is sorry for having inflicted this punishment to Prometheus because he once gave him a good advice: to not marry Thetis to avoid having a child that is more powerful than him (This child, when he will grow up, could dethrone Zeus.). Zeus ordered Heracles to release Prometheus. Since he condemned Prometheus to eternal punishment, Zeus told Prometheus that, to give the impression of being still a prisoner, he must wear a ring made of metal chains.
Atlas comes from the ancient greek titan Atlas, who was punished by the gods with supporting the earth and the heaven for eternity.
An atlas is a collection of maps .
Oh, dude, so back in ancient Greek mythology, Atlas was this Titan who got punished by Zeus to hold up the heavens for eternity. So, like, I guess people thought it made sense to name a book of maps after him because, you know, maps help us navigate the world and stuff. So, yeah, that's why we call it an atlas.
A synonym for atlas is map.
When proper names end in an 's', it is common practice to create the possessive by simply adding an apostrophe without a further 's'. So, the strength of Atlas can be written as: Atlas' strength.
Atlas is a evil Titan. He is punished by holding up the sky.
His punishment was that he'd hold up the sky.
he was punished because he was on the opposing team of Zeus in the in the great war. instead of throwing atlas into tartaras, Zeus gave atlas the special punishment of holding the sky.
atlas
Atlas comes from the ancient greek titan Atlas, who was punished by the gods with supporting the earth and the heaven for eternity.
Atlas was punished by Zeus who made him hold up the heavens.
Zeus punished people for disobeying him in a number of ways. He punished Io by turning her into a cow and punished Atlas by making him hold a giant bolder for eternity.
Atlas, a Titan was punished for fighting against the gods (Zues Hera, such and such...). He was sentanced to hold up the sky for all eternity.
Atlas comes from the ancient greek titan Atlas, who was punished by the gods with supporting the earth and the heaven for eternity.
In Greek mythology, Atlas was punished by Zeus and tasked with holding up the sky, not the world. The misconception of Atlas holding up the world likely comes from confusion with the Titan Atlas' role in supporting the heavens.
Calypso was a figure in greek mythology. she was a daughter of Atlas and was punished for supporting the titans in the war.
Atlas was a Titan what was punished into carrying the whole sky above earth. The word atlas now means map, or earth, which he helped exist.