Scull, Sarah Amelia · Philadelphia : Porter & Coates · leaf 269
er supposed himto bear a long column whichkeeps asunder the earth andthe heavens. Later, and quitegenerally, Atlas is associatedwith mountains, as seeming tosupport the heavens ; and thisidea gave rise to several myths—one, that Perseus, being re-fused shelter by Atlas, throughthe power of the… … 268 GREEK MYTHOLOGY. it, but it is probable that the true location of the mythicalbeing was in the north-west of Africa. (The AtlanticOcean derived its name from this myth.) Another interpretation of Atlas is that he first taughtastronomy and navigation. The parentage of the groups usually named as…
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