Daily Archives: August 14, 2011


> In Greek myths the giant Atlas was punished by Zeus to hold the heavens apart from the earth for eternity. His crime was to side with his brother Titans in their war with the Olympians. A small compensation maybe his modern day fame as the etymological source for the word describing a collection of maps. Most dictionaries agree that Atlases get their name because they […]

>Bearing the weight of the world