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| Atlas | |
| Name | Atlas |
| Other Names | None |
| Debut | Pilot |
| Significance | Atlas Arena Titan |
| Photo | Statue of Atlas at Atlas Arena in Caprica City |
Atlas is one of the Lords of Kobol in the Battlestar Galactica universe. In the religion of the Ancient Greeks, he is a Titan who led a failed revolt against the Olympian gods.
Lord of Kobol[]
Atlas holds the heavens upon his back. Atlas Arena in Caprica City is named for him. ("Pilot")
Ancient Greek Religion[]
Atlas was a Titan, the son of the Titans Iapetus and Clymene (or Themis) and the elder brother of Epimetheus, Menoetius and Prometheus. Atlas was the father of the nymph Calypso and the seven Pleiades.
Atlas was given the task of holding up the heavens as punishment from Zeus for leading the Titans in their battle with the Olympian gods for control of the heavens.
Father of many stars and a protagonist in one of Hercules’ famous labours, Atlas was also known as a wise man and the founder of astronomy. For Plato, he was the eponymous first king of Atlantis, and this giant of a god also gave his name to a huge mountain range in northern Africa, the great Atlantic Ocean and any large collection of maps.[1]