The weight of the atlas carry obstacle in a Spartan Race is typically around 100-150 pounds.
The Titan Atlas.
Carry the weight of the heavens
Atlas was the god who had the job of carrying the world on his shoulders. So this person would have the weight of the whole world on their shoulders, so to speak.
No one killed Atlas. He was a Titan, therefore immortal. But Zeus did sentence him to carry the weight of the world, so I suppose that could be what you meant.
Atlas was a Titan in Greek mythology, known for his role in the Titanomachy war against the Olympian gods. He was punished by Zeus to carry the weight of the heavens on his shoulders for eternity. Atlas is often depicted holding up the celestial spheres or a globe.
it was a punishment
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To have the weight of the world on your shoulders means that your commitments have you under pressure. This expression comes from the Ancient Greek Titan Atlas, who was forced to literally carry the world on his shoulders.
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Some of her biggest obstacles were not having enough money to carry out her intentions. Another obstacle was her health.
The rhetorical devices commonly used by Thoreau in this quotation are allusion, with the reference to Atlas, and metaphor, comparing the burden of carrying on with the weight carried by Atlas in Greek mythology.
The first vertebra of the vertebral column is called the atlas. It is named after the Greek titan Atlas who was said to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders, as the atlas supports the weight of the skull.