The Titan Too Powerful for Tartarus

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today’s video, we’ll be discussing Atlas, the titan condemned to hold the sky up upon his shoulders for all of eternity, the Titan - because of his incredible power, unbreakable will, and superlative leadership - who was singled-out and saddled with a bespoke punishment that was even worse than being cast down into the depths of Tartarus, as was the fate of all the other male Titans who fought against the gods in the Titanomachy. Let’s get into it. Said to be a wise man and known as the father of astronomy, Atlas was the Titan saddled with the unending burden of holding up the heavens on his shoulders, functioning as a living pillar that separated earth from sky. He could be found, locked between Gaia and Uranus, in the far West, near the edge of the world, adjacent to where the Hesperides dwelt. And because of the tireless effort required for his perpetual task, Atlas was associated with endurance and resilience. The first generation Tita