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Ἄτλας

Ἄτλας, Atlas

Ἄτλας, αντος, ὁ, acc. also Ἄτλαν A. Pr. 428 (lyr.), cf. Sch.: (ἀ- euph., and τλάς, v. *τλάω):—
  • Atlas, Od. 1.52: later, one of the Titans, Hes. Th. 517, A. Pr. 350, 428 (lyr.); αἱ δʼ ἕπτʼ Ἄτλαντος παῖδες Id. Fr. 312.
    • II in hist. writers, Mount Atlas in West Africa, regarded as the pillar of heaven, Hdt. 4.184, Str. 17.3.2, etc.: pl, D.P. 66.
      • 2 the Atlantic Ocean, Id. 30.
      • 3 axis of the earth, Hsch.
    • III Ἄτλαντες, in Architecture, colossal statues as supports for the entablature (cf. τελαμῶνες), Moschio ap. Ath. 5.208b, Vitr. 6.7.6; κείονας ἄτλαντάς τε Epigr.Gr. 1072.7.
    • IV seventh of the neck-vertebrae, which supports the head, Poll. 2.132.
    • V Pythag. name for ten, Theol.Ar. 59. [ᾰτλ A. Fr. l.c.]

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