#DINOTOPIA MOVIE THE LIGHT IN TOWER SERIES#
A prime example of misconception exists throughout the series as, whether deliberate or a mistake, Atlas is seen holding up the world atop of the Underworld.
The mighty Atlas is depicted with four arms to show he holds up the sky. Atlas takes hold of the sky again, but to his dismay, Hercules takes the Golden Apples and leaves. Hercules tricks the Titan by stating he will do the job but wants to shift his shoulders to make it easier. Atlas obtains the apples as promised but does not wish to take back the job of holding the sky from the earth. This has eventually led to the misconception that he is carrying the world, whereas in classical Greek mythology, he holds up the sky.Īt one point, he is given a reprieve to retrieve the Golden Apples for Hercules as part of a deal they made: Atlas will get the apples while Hercules holds up the sky. He is famously shown in sculpture and other forms of art carrying a sphere upon his shoulders. In one version of the myth, he was turned to stone by Perseus using Medusa's head, turning him into the Atlas mountains in North Africa. After the Titans were defeated, Atlas was the Titan who was forced to forever separate Gaia, the earth, and her husband, Ouranos, the sky, from each other, preventing any further union from them. When Zeus overthrew Cronos, Atlas joined the Titans in the Great War. The former was a child of Ouranos and Gaia, while the latter was a child of Oceanus and Tethys. He was born from the union of the first generation Titan Iapetus and the Oceanid Clymene. In Greek mythology, Atlas was a second generation Titan.