And he held up the sky not the world. common misconception. The globe he held was supposed to represent the heavens.

the titan Atlas tricked Heracles into holding the sky while he got apples

and he didn't hold up the world. He held up the heavens.

John Galt.

he wasn't a person or a god, i believe he was a titan, just like Oranos, Chronus Gaia etc

correct good sir

Pretty fucking obvious, no idea why this got so many thumbs. Oh right, because FJ is full of retarded 12 year olds...

Titans and gods were sort of the same thing, but yeah, he's a titan

Just yesterday I happened to be thinking of the story about the world being held up and who it was being held up by. Thanks for the info :).

And it's a common mistake to say he was forced to hold up the world. In truth he was forced to carry the sky.

and he holds up the sky

And he held up th sky not the world

I don't quite recall who it was that held the earth, but Atlas held the sky from the earth

The Titans are actually gods too as many of the later greco-roman pantheon were Chronos and Rhea's children (Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, and Demeter). Though we call them "Gods" they are technically referred as an "Olympian". Though technically that also means that Hekatonkheires and Cyclopeans are gods too as they are all children of Gaia and Uranus so make of that what you will.

Titans were gods before Zeus enslaved them.

titans were titans till Zeus rose up and defeated them. now...... there still fucking titans

me too

Atlas.