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.

Names:

	Atlas (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Ἄτλας (Greek character) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Atlas (Greek character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	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]

Sources:

	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)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ 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