Editing Atlas (mythology) (section)

===King of Atlantis===
[[File:Mètopa del temple de Zeus d'Olímpia amb representació d'Hèracles i les pomes de les Hespèrides (Museu Arqueològic d'Olímpia).JPG|thumb|upright=1.2|Atlas and Heracles, metope from the temple of Zeus at [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]].]]

According to [[Plato]], the first king of [[Atlantis]] was also named '''Atlas''', but that Atlas was a son of [[Poseidon]] and the mortal woman Cleito.<ref>[[Plato]], ''[[Critias (dialogue)|Critias]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg032.perseus-eng1:113d 133d–114a]</ref> The works of [[Eusebius]]<ref name="Eusebius"/> and [[Diodorus Siculus|Diodorus]]<ref name="Diodorus"/> also give an Atlantean account of Atlas. In these accounts, Atlas' father was [[Uranus (mythology)|Uranus]] and his mother was [[Gaia]]. His grandfather was [[Elyon#Sanchuniathon|Elium]] "King of [[Phoenicia]]" who lived in [[Byblos]] with his wife [[Baal Berith|Beruth]]. Atlas was raised by his sister, [[Basilea (queen)|Basilia]].<ref>For further comment on Mercator's chosen Titanic genealogy see {{harvp|Keuning|1947}}, {{harvp|Akerman|1994}} and {{harvp|Ramachandran|2015|p=42}}</ref><ref name="Mercator"/><ref>See {{harvp|''Bibliotheca historica''|loc=Book III}}, Eusebius' ''[[Praeparatio evangelica]]'' references the same mythology as Diodorus stating "These then are the principal heads of the theology held among the Atlanteans".</ref>