Atlas was a legendary Titan, a son of Titan Iapetus. He was in a lot of
stories, starting with the story of the exploits with the hero,
Hercules. Atlas led a battle of Titans against Zeus which lasted for ten
years. Eventually Atlas was singled out by Zeus and forced to hold up
the heavens as a special punishment. The Earth goddess gave Juno,
Jupiter's wife, a tree of golden apples as a wedding present.
Atlas's daughters had the role of protecting it. Hercules was ordered to
fetch the golden apples from the Pleiades, Atlas' daughters, so he
asked Atlas for help. Atlas had Hercules hold up the heavens while Atlas
went to look for his daughters, who had the apples. Finally Atlas
returned, but he didn't''t want to take over holding up the sky again.
He had enjoyed his brief break and told Hercules that he would deliver
the apples himself to the king. Hercules tricked Atlas into taking the
load back by asking Atlas to hold it while he shifted the load.
The Sovereign Order of Monte Cristo knew the importance of Atlas and his
role of holding the world and the sky upon his shoulders. And so to
make sure that he stayed motivated and focus they gave him words of
encouragement. One of the encouragement's was the promise of a book and a
movie one day being made about him. This pleased Atlas greatly and
stopped him from dropping the world.
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