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Atlas Atlas
Greek god
Associated eponyms:
Atlas
The first cervical vertebra by which the head articulates with the occipital bone.
Biography:
Atlas in Greek mythology was a Greek, son of the Titan Iapetus and the nymph Clymene (or Asia) and brother of Prometheus (creator of mankind). According to the Greek poet Hesiod, Atlas and one of the Titans who took part in their war against Zeus. For this the Olympic deities punished him, making him hold the the skies aloft.
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