Ἄτλας
αντος, ὁ
A.
Ἄτλαν A. Pr. 428 (lyr.), cf. Sch.: (ἀ‐euph., and τλάς, v. Τλάω):—Atlas, Od. 1.52: later, one of the Titans, Hes. Th. 517, A. Pr. 350,428 (lyr.); αἱ δ’ ἕπτ’ 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), Moschioap.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. [ατλ A. Fr.l.c.]