Atlas was punished as Hercules in Greek mythology. In Greek mythology, when Titan, the leader of the giant clan, rebelled against the Olympus Gods and was defeated, most of his supporters were sent to the dark abyss of hell, while atlas was punished to stand on Gaia in the West and hold Uranus in order not to make love with her.

Europeans always think of atlas as a giant with the earth on his back, painted on the edge of the map, molded under the celestial globe or globe, and printed on the cover of some geography textbooks or atlas, but this idea is very late, because there is no concept of “earth ball” in ancient Greek mythology.

Source: @ameth_dela_cruz