# Atlas — Bulfinch’s Mythology character guide

> Atlas in Bulfinch’s Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0040-perseus-and-atlas

## Who they are

Titan condemned to hold up the sky, encountered by Perseus.

## In the story

### [XV: The Graeae or Gray-Maids—Perseus—Medusa—Atlas—Andromeda](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/xv-the-graeae-or-gray-maids-perseus-medusa-atlas-andromeda)

Giant king turned to stone by Medusa's head; becomes a mountain supporting the heavens.

### [Perseus and Atlas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/perseus-and-atlas)

The giant king who is transformed into a mountain after refusing hospitality to Perseus.

### [XIX: Hercules—Hebe and Ganymede](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/xix-hercules-hebe-and-ganymede)

Titan who bears the heavens; tricked by Hercules into fetching the golden apples.

### [Hercules](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/hercules)

Titan who holds up the heavens; helps Hercules retrieve the golden apples of the Hesperides.

### [Orion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/orion)

Father of the Pleiads.

## Links

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