Atlas

1. Herakles sought help from Atlas to recover the Apples of the Hesperides.

1.1. Herakles slew the Drakon tormenting Atlas and frees him from his burden, building two great pillars to hold the Earth.

2. Atlas mediates upon the stars and the sea

2.1. Atlas becomes the teacher of astrology to mankind.

3. Led the Titans in rebellion against Zeus

3.1. Condemned to hold the weight of the heavens.

4. Personifies the quality of endurance

5. Atlas is turned into a mountain by Perseus

5.1. Atlas Mountains in North Africa are thought to bear the weight of the world.