Editing Atlas (mythology) (section)

==Cultural influence==
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Atlas' best-known cultural association is in [[cartography]]. The first publisher to associate the Titan Atlas with a group of maps was the print-seller [[Antonio Lafreri]], who included a depiction of the Titan on the engraved titlepage he applied to his ''ad hoc'' assemblages of maps, ''Tavole Moderne di Geografia de la Maggior parte del Mondo di Diversi Autori'' (1572).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mapforum.com/03/lafrscho.htm|author=Ashley Baynton-Williams|title=The "Lafreri school" of Italian mapmakers|access-date=February 26, 2013|archive-date=April 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423091456/http://www.mapforum.com/03/lafrscho.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, Lafreri did not use the word "Atlas" in the title of his work; this was an innovation of [[Gerardus Mercator]], who named his work ''Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati'' (1585–1595),<ref>{{cite web |last1=van Egmond |first1=Marco |title=The 'Atlas' by Mercator and Hondius |url=https://www.uu.nl/en/special-collections/collections/maps-and-atlases/world-maps-and-atlases/the-atlas-by-mercator-and-hondius |publisher=Utrecht University |access-date=21 September 2023}}</ref> using the word ''Atlas'' as a dedication specifically to honor the Titan Atlas, in his capacity as King of [[Mauretania]], a learned philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer.

In psychology, Atlas is used metaphorically to describe the [[Atlas personality|personality of someone whose childhood was characterized by excessive responsibilities]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Vogel|first1=L. Z.|last2=Savva|first2=Stavroula|date=1993-12-01|title=Atlas personality|journal=British Journal of Medical Psychology|language=en|volume=66|issue=4|pages=323–330|doi=10.1111/j.2044-8341.1993.tb01758.x|pmid=8123600|issn=2044-8341}}</ref>

Ayn Rand's political dystopian novel ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'' (1957) references the popular misconception of Atlas holding up the entire world on his back by comparing the capitalist and intellectual class as being "modern Atlases" who hold the modern world up at great expense to themselves.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

Michael J. Anderson explains that the earliest Greek vase paintings and sculptures depict Atlas with a rigid stance, representing his bearing the burden of Zeus's everlasting punishment. The depiction of Atlas as a muscular figure under the weight of a celestial globe or vault visually express the Greek concept of suffering, resulting from arrogance and rebellion. These artistic patterns explore larger Greek art themes that portray Titans as a symbol of divine punishment and cosmic order.