Atlas was a second-generation Titan. Atlas was the personification of the quality endurance. Atlas, though, made the mistake of leading the Titans in a rebellions against Zeus. Zeus then punished Atlas by condemning him to bear the heavens upon his shoulders. Atlas also had to spin the Earth on its axis. Homer suggests that he was released from this labor and appointed keeper of the pillars of heaven. Because of his labors, Atlas became the constellation Kneeler.
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