Represented as holding the earth on his shoulders, the Titan Atlas was responsible for bearing the weight of the heavens on his shoulders, a burden given to him as punishment by Zeus. Father of many stars and a protagonist in one of Hercules’ famous labours, Atlas was also known as a wise man and the founder of astronomy. For Plato, he was the eponymous first king of Atlantis, and this giant of a god also gave his name to a huge mountain range in northern Africa, the great Atlantic Ocean and any large collection of maps.
Dimensions:
Height: 20cm / 7.8 inches
Width: 8.5cm / 3.3 inches
Depth: 7.5cm / 2.9 inches
Cold Cast Bronze Resin
