According to Hesiod, Atlas was one of the Titans who waged war against Zeus, and as punishment he was condemned to hold aloft the heavens.

• 据希腊诗人赫西奥德的说法，阿特拉斯是泰坦巨人之一，曾参加过反宙斯的战争，为此他受到惩罚，被判将天空高高举起。