Ἄτλας,αντος,ὁ, acc. also
A.
Ἄτλαν
A. Pr. 428
(lyr.), cf. Sch.: (ἀ-euph., andτλάς,
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 Atlasin West Africa, regarded asthe pillar of heaven,
Hdt. 4.184 , Str. 17.3.2 , etc.: pl, D.P. 66 .
2. the Atlantic Ocean,
Id. 30 .
3. axisof the earth, Hsch.
III. Ἄτλαντες,in Architecture,colossal statuesas supports for the entablature (cf.τελαμῶνες), Moschioap. Ath. 5.208b , Vitr. 6.7.6 ; κείονας ἄτλαντάς τε