Sculpture of Atlas kneeling and bearing on his shoulders a globe decorated with constellation figures.
Farnese Atlas, Roman copy of a Hellenistic original. Photograph by Gabriel Seah.
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Titans

Beings of Greek mythology, the Titans were the children of Uranus and Gaea. They possessed enormous strength and stature.

Six Titans coupled with six sisters and begot a race of beings as fearless as they were strong.

**Atlas or Atlante**, was a young Titan whom Zeus condemned to carry on his shoulders the pillars that kept the earth separated from the heavens (the Celestial vault).