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Atlas

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Atlas is the giant god who holds the entire sky on his back. No big deal. This guy is part of the second generation of Titans, the gods that ruled before the Olympians. Here's how things went down for him: When Zeus led a rebellion against his father Kronos, the king of the Titans, Atlas stuck with Kronos and did his best to help keep the upstart Olympians in their place. This famous conflict, known as the War of the Titans, didn't work out so well for Kronos, Atlas, and their buddies. Zeus and the Olympians ended up kicking some titanic booty, and most of the Titans were thrown into the black pit of Tartarus. But Atlas, lucky Titan that he is, got an extra-special punishment. And let's just say he has had a weight on his shoulders ever since.

Basic Information

Name	Atlas
Nickname	He-Man, The Mighty A
Sex	Male (and manly male at that)
Current city	The western edge of the world

Work & Education

Occupation	Sky Holder General Duties: Holding up the sky on my back. NBD.
Education	Kronos' School for Giants Self-taught astronomer

Beliefs

Political views

Kronos for king

Family & Friends (& Enemies)

Parents	Iapetos and Klymene (aka Asia)
Children	The Pleiades (nymphs) The Hyades (also nymphs) Hyas Calypso Maera Dione The Hesperides (more nymphs)
Friends	Kronos Prometheus Epimetheus Iapetos
Enemies	Zeus Heracles Perseus

Relationships

Relationship status

Married to Pleione (aka Aethra), Fling with Hesperis

Favorites

Quotations	"Life's heaviest burden is to have nothing to carry." – Anonymous "When it is darkest, men see the stars." – Ralph Waldo Emerson "The bluebird carries the sky on its back." – Henry David Thoreau "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking in the stars." – Oscar Wilde "The sky isn't falling." – Thomas Leonard
Books	Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand The Metamorphoses by Ovid The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera "I wandered lonely as a Cloud (Daffodils)" by William Wordsworth Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett The Oxford Atlas of the World War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy "Acquainted with the Night" by Robert Frost Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" by Walt Whitman
Music	Beast of Burden by The Rolling Stones Fixed by Stars Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Terra Incognita by Atlas Sound Atlas by Battles Down by Jay Sean Stars by Hum Double Rainbow Song Yellow by Coldplay What a Wonderful World performed by Louis Armstrong (though I'm not sure I buy it)
Movies	Atlas Shrugged Star Wars 300 Cloud Atlas Titanic Chicken Little The Last Starfighter Immortals Atlas in the Land of the Cyclops The Gods Must Be Crazy

Activities & Interests

Likes	Body Building Professional Wrestling Telescopes Tug of War Star Trek Conventions
Interests	Astronomy Astrology
Groups	Stargazers Shoegazers Hard-Core Weightlifters Map Lovers

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