Atlas
The story handed down about Atlas is that he bore the sky on his shoulders. This is impossible, since he too is beneath the sky. But rather, Atlas was a wise man and the first to observe astronomical phenomena. He predicted storms and the shifting of the winds and the rising and setting of stars.
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Because of this, a myth was fabricated that he bore the world upon himself.
On Unbelievable Stories. Heraclitus Paradoxographus. Billie Hall (Translator), Greta Hawes (Translator), Tate Jenetsky (Translator), Rosemary Selth (Translator), Aaron Wallis (Translator). Washington, DC. 11/19/2021.
Sponsored by Center for Hellenic Studies.
Funding provided by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PID2019-108931GB-I00 / SRA 10.13039/501100011033.