Atlas
Heavens-holding condemned giant
The Greek Titan who supported the heavens on his shoulders is the eponym for all other things called atlas, especially a bound volume of maps.
Following the tradition of naming things in the sky after the Greek gods, some heavenly bodies (such as a moon of Saturn) also bear the name Atlas.
The theme of support extends to architecture, where a column sculptured in the figure of a man is called an atlas.
Mythic giant or moon
- HerculesLegendary Greek strongman
- HeraclesGreek demigod, twelve labors
- PrometheusFire-stealing benefactor of mortals
- OlympusSacred Greek mountain
Zeus · burden · heavens · celestial · sphere · punishment · endurance · strength
Propulsion-driven spacecraft
Dominant figure in field
- pillarUpright architectural support
- backboneVertebral column, or courage
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- cornerstoneFoundational building block
mainstay · anchor · stalwart · powerhouse · supporter · champion · strongman · bulwark
Titan
Mythic giant or moon
- HerculesLegendary Greek strongman
- HeraclesGreek demigod, twelve labors
- PrometheusFire-stealing benefactor of mortals
Olympus · Zeus · burden · heavens · celestial · sphere · punishment · endurance · strength · Gaia
rocket
Propulsion-driven spacecraft
Africa · statue · Rockefeller
titan
Dominant figure in field
- pillarUpright architectural support
- backboneVertebral column, or courage
- foundationUnderlying support structure
cornerstone · mainstay · anchor · stalwart · powerhouse · supporter · champion · strongman · bulwark · keystone
- Greek & RomanAchilles heel, Trojan horse, Pandora's box, Midas touch, Odyssey
- Mythological WordsAchilles heel, Adonis, aegis, ambrosia, Apollo
- Classical DeitiesZeus, Hera, Athena, Apollo, Artemis
- MoonsLuna, Titan, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto
- TitansCronus, Rhea, Oceanus, Tethys, Hyperion
- robotsrobot, android, humanoid, droid, automaton
AtlasSisyphus
Condemned eternal boulder roller
Prometheus · the heavens · Zeus · Heracles · Icarus
- Atlantic OceanSecond-largest marine body
- Atlantic RecordsAmerican music label founded 1947
- Atlas ShruggedObjectivist epic novel
- Atlantic hurricanesRotating storms over warm ocean
- world atlasBound collection of maps
- Atlantic coastOcean-bordering eastern shore