| “ | How little you know, my young goddess. Even now, your darling attendants begin their quest to find you. They shall play directly into my hands. Now, if you'll excuse us, we have a long journey to make. We must greet your Hunters and make sure their quest is... challenging. | „ |
| ~ Atlas taunts Artemis as he scrutinizes the heroes's progress toward his base. |
| “ | So much for for old friends. And you, Zoe. It's been a long time. How is my little traitor? I will enjoy killing you. | „ |
| ~ Atlas when Percy and his friends confront him. |
Atlas, also called "The General", is as a major antagonist in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians book series by Rick Riordan, serving as the main antagonist of the third book The Titan's Curse.
He is the Titan of Endurance and Strength and Kronos' second-in-command. He is based of the Titan of the same name. His goal is to free himself of the weight of the sky on his back, which Zeus had forced him to hold. He is also the father of Zoë Nightshade, Calypso and the Hesperides. The titan ultimately failed in his plans to capture the Ophiotaurus and have Artemis hold the sky, resulting in his re-imprisonment and Hyperion appearing to take his place as Kronos' second.
Biography[]
Background[]
Birthed from the first generation titan Iapetus and the oceanid nymph Clymene, Atlas was given the title of strength of endurance. Believing in his uncle Kronos' goals, he became one of his most loyal followers and second-in-command of his army. At some point he fathered numerous children such as Zoë Nightshade from his wife Pleoione, and Calypso from his affair with Tethys. When the Olympians decided to fight the Titans in the First Titanomachy, Atlas led Kronos' armies against them. As punishment for leading the armies of Kronos against him in the First Titanomachy, Zeus charged Atlas to hold the sky for all eternity.
While imprisoned, Atlas encountered the demigod hero Hercules during the twelve labors, with the latter briefly taking his place until he tricked the titan to hold the sky once again.
The Titans Curse[]
Luke Castellan was tasked by Kronos to serve Atlas and freed him by willingly taking the weight of the sky from him. Luke kept doing this until he tricked his childhood friend Annabeth Chase into taking the sky from him. Atlas later kidnaps the hunting goddess Artemis so she can hold up the sky in Annabeth's place. Atlas then decided thet Annabeth should be killed, however Luke (who still had a soft spot for Annabeth) convinced Atlas to kept Annabeth alive until the winter solstice in order to use her as bait to lure Poseidon's son Percy Jackson, Zeus' daughter Thalia Grace (another childhood friend of Luke's) and Atlas' daughter Zoë (who betrayed him to help Hercules and was now the lieutenant of The Hunters of Artemis) to them.
Atlas sent Skelton Warrors and the Nemean Lion after Percy and his groupes, but they manage to escape. Percy and his friends arrive at Mount Tamalpais where they discover Annabeth and Artemis chained up. Atlas and Luke attempt to have Thalia join their side and sacrifice a creature called the Ophiotaurus, which would give her the power to overthrow the gods. However, Thalia refuses and alongside Percy and Zoë, battle Atlas and Luke. Atlas succeeds in killing Zoe when she tries to stop him attacking Artemis. Percy and Artemis manage to defeat Atlas by tricking him into taking the sky again whilst Thalia battles Luke and kicks him off the mountain, though he survives the fall (unknown to the heroes, Luke had the Mark of Achilles, which made him invulnerable and able to host Kronos).
Post Re-Imprisonment[]
After being revived in Luke's body, Kronos chose not to free Atlas again because of his failure in The Titan's Curse. In The Last Olympian, he can heard asking Hyperion and Krios to free him, but they ignore his pleads for his previous failure in capturing Ophiotaurus.
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Trivia[]
- In some myths, Atlas was charged with holding the Earth and not the sky.
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