Atlas

Atlas was a Greek Titan.

Abode
Atlas was the Titan of endurance.

Titanomachy
Atlas was the leader of the Titans in their war against Zeus and the Olympians. Because of his role in the war, Zeus made him hold the weight of the sky upon his back for all of eternity as punishment.

Heracles
Heracles once came across Atlas and told him about his labor, which was to get the golden apples of the Hesperides. Atlas told Heracles that he would go and get the apples but Heracles had to hold the sky for him while he did so. Heracles agreed but when Atlas returned he tried to trick Heracles into keeping the sky forever, since anyone that willingly took the sky had to bear it forever. However, the trick didn't work and Heracles tricked Atlas into taking the sky back. In some accounts, Heracles built two pillars to hold up the sky so that Atlas could be released from his punishment. Also, in the story of Perseus, he used the head of Medusa to turn Atlas to stone.

Relationships

 * Parents: Iapetus and Clymene
 * Spouse(s): Pleione
 * Children with no mother: Calypso, Maera, Dione
 * Children with Pleione: The Pleiades, The Hyades, Hyas