MYTHOLOGY MEME / (2/4) Titans
In Greek mythology, ATLAS is the personified quality of endurance. In one tradition, Atlas led the Titanes in a rebellion against Zeus and was condemned to bear the heavens upon his shoulders. In another, he was said to have been appointed guardian of the pillars which held earth and sky asunder. He was also the god who instructed mankind in the art of astronomy, a tool which was used by sailors in navigation and farmers in measuring the seasons. These roles were often combined and Atlas becomes the god who turns the heaven on their axis, causing the stars to revolve.
Atlas
In Greek mythology, Atlas (Ancient Greek: Ἄτλας) was the Titan god of endurance and astronomy, condemned to hold up the sky for eternity after the Titanomachy. Although associated with various places, he became commonly identified with the Atlas Mountains in northwest Africa (modern-day Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia). Atlas was the son of the Titan Iapetus and the Oceanid Asia or Clymene. He had many children, mostly daughters, the Hesperides, the Hyades, the Pleiades, and the nymph Calypso who lived on the island Ogygia. According to the ancient Greek poet Hesiod Atlas stood at the ends of the earth towards the west. In contexts where a Titan and a Titaness are assigned each of the seven planetary powers, Atlas is paired with Phoebe and governs the moon. Hyginus emphasises the primordial nature of Atlas by making him the son of Aether and Gaia. “Atlantic Ocean” means “Sea of Atlas”, while “Atlantis” means “island of Atlas”. Read More || Edit
GREEK MYTHOLOGY MEME
↳ [1/1] Parents and Children - Atlas, Pleione, and Their 7 DaughtersThe Pleiades were the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, and half-sisters of the Hyades, whose mother was Æthra. They were perhaps also half-sisters of the Hesperides. Both Pleione and Æthra were Oceanids, daughters of Oceanus and Tethys, the titans who ruled the outer seas before being replaced by Poseidon. Atlas another titan, led their war against the gods, and was afterward condemned by Zeus to hold up the heavens on his shoulders. The Pleiades were also nymphs in the train of Artemis, and together with the seven Hyades were called the Atlantides, Dodonides, or Nysiades, nursemaids and teachers to the infant Bacchus. The Hesperides apparently not counted in this, were only three, and dwelled in an orchard of Hera’s, from which Heracles fetched golden apples in his eleventh labor.
Greek Mythology Meme | Five Titans [ 3 / 5 ]
Atlas: the Titan god of endurance and astronomy, he was the first to teach mankind astronomical science; one of four children by Iapetus; he sided with the Titans during the war with the Olympians, and was sentenced by Zeus to replace the original four pillars in holding the heavens and earth apart; one account tells that he later met with Perseus, who turned him to stone using Medusa’s head, and he was relieved of his burden at last
Ancient Greeks as Stupid Things Trump Said:
Homer: “Did I say I have a great memory or one of the best in the world? I don’t remember saying that. As good as my memory is, I don’t remember that, but I have a good memory.”
Draco: “I would bring back waterboarding. And I’d bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding.”
Sappho: You know, I’m automatically attracted to beautiful- I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet.”
Solon: “There’s never been a president who’s passed more legislation, who’s done more things than what we’ve done. Between the executive orders and the job-killing regulations that have been terminated. Many bills. I guess over 34 bills that congress signed.”
Leonidas: “He’s not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”
Cimon: “I don’t need anybody’s money. I’m using my own money. I’m not using the lobbyists. I’m not using donors. I don’t care. I’m really rich.”
Themistocles: “We’re going to build a wall, folks. We’re going to build a wall. We’re going to build it. Don’t worry. We’re going to build a wall. That wall will go up so fast your head will spin.”
Herodotus: “People don’t realize, you know, the Civil War- if you think about it, why? People don’t ask that question, but why was there a civil war? Why could that one not have been worked out?”
Hippocrates: “You will end up with great health care for a fraction of the price and that will take place immediately after we go in. Immediately! Fast! Quick!”
Pericles: “23 of the 28 member nations are still not paying what they should be paying and what they’re supposed to be paying for their defense. This is not fair to the people and taxpayers of the United States. And many of these nations owe massive amounts of money from past years and not paying in those past years.”
Cleon: “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters, ok? It’s like incredible.”
Alcibiades: “It’s very hard for them to attack me on looks because I am so good-looking.”
Socrates: “Look at the way I’ve been treated lately, especially by the media. No politician in history, and I say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly.”
Xenophon: “After seven months of investigations & committee hearings about my ‘collusion with the Russians’ nobody has been able to show any proof. Sad!”
Plato: “Nobody knows the system better than me. Which is why I alone can fix it!”
Demosthenes: “I’m very highly educated. I know words. I have the best words.”
Alexander: “We’re going to start winning again. We’re gonna win so much. We’re gonna win at every level. We’re gonna win so much you may even get tired of winning! And you’ll say ‘Please, please, it’s too much winning! We can’t take it anymore. Mr. President, it’s too much!’ And I’ll say, ‘No it isn’t! We have to keep winning! We have to win MORE!’”
