Ἄτλας

Ἄτλας, αντος, ὁ, acc. also Ἄτλαν A. Pr. 428 (lyr.), cf. Sch.: (ἀ-euph., and τλάς, v. *τλάω):—Α. Atlas, Od. 1.52: later, one of the Titans, Hes. Th. 517, A. Pr. 350,428 (lyr.); αἱ δʼ ἕπτʼ Ἄτλαντος παῖδες Id. Fr. 312. II. in hist. writers, Mount Atlas in West Africa, regarded as the pillar of heaven, Hdt. 4.184, Str. 17.3.2, etc.: pl, D.P. 66. 2. the Atlantic Ocean, Id. 30. 3. axis of the earth, Hsch. III. Ἄτλαντες, in Architecture, colossal statues as supports for the entablature (cf. τελαμῶνες), Moschio ap.Ath. 5.208b, Vitr. 6.7.6; κείονας ἄτλαντάς τε Epigr.Gr. 1072.7. IV. seventh of the neck-vertebrae, which supports the head, Poll. 2.132. V. Pythag. name for ten, Theol.Ar. 59. [ᾰτλ A. Fr.l.c.]