| Domain | Definition | ||
| Antiquities | 1: Atlantes (Atlantes). An African people living near Mt. Atlas who daily cursed the sun at its rising and setting for its heat. (Herod. iv. 184). (references) | 2: Atlantes (atlantes) and TelamÅnes (telamônes). Terms used in architecture, the former by the Greeks, the latter by the Romans, to designate those male figures which are sometimes fancifully used, like the female caryatides, in place of columns. Both words are derived from tlênai, and the former evidently refers to the fable of Atlas, who supported the vault of heaven; the latter perhaps to the strength of the Telamonian Aiax. See Caryatides. (references) | |
| Literature | 1: Atlantes Figures of men, used in architecture instead of pillars. So called from Atlas, who in Greek mythology supported the world on his shoulders. Female figures are called Caryatides (q.v.). (See Telamones.) 2: Atlantes (3 syl.) (in Orlando Furioso). A sage and a magician who lived in an enchanted palace, and brought up Rogero to all manly virtues. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Atlantes | 6 | Atlantes | 6 | |
| Atlantes (Sorcerer) | 4 | Atlantes (Sorcerer) | 4 | |
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