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ID: 901001325 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001325 | Record Type: Character/Person |
Atlas (Greek character) | ||
Note: In Greek mythology, son of the Titan Iapetus and the Oceanid Clymene (or Asia) and brother of Prometheus (creator of humankind). Condemned to hold up the sky for eternity after the Titanomachy. In Homer’s Odyssey, Book I, Atlas seems to have been a marine creature who supported the pillars that held heaven and earth apart. | |
Atlas (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N) | |
Ἄτλας (Greek character) (Greek,U,N) | |
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P) | ||
....<Greek iconography> (P) | ||
........<Greek characters> (G) | ||
............Atlas (Greek character) (I) | ||
is actor for .... Atlas Supporting the Dome of Heaven | |
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek narratives, Atlas Supporting the Dome of Heaven (Greco-Roman narrative)) [901001326] |
parent of .... Calypso | |
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Calypso (Greek character)) [901000733] |
Atlas (Greek character) | |
................Frick Collection [online] (1998-) | |
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) | |
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 91B36 (story of) Atlas | |
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2002009664 | |
Ἄτλας (Greek character) | |
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(mythology) | |
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Atlas," accessed 13 June 2017 | |
................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-) | |
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2002009664 | |
................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 91B36 (story of) Atlas | |
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