Son of Atlas
By A.S.Emerson
Everyone knows that the titan Atlas was cursed by Zeus and made to bear the weight of the world on his shoulders. Atlas wasn't a bad titan, so he thought, he was merely supporting his kin in the fight against the gods. At the end of the war, Atlas was made to bear the weight of the world alright, and he thought that made him quite an important structure. Down on one knee with his back hunched over, Atlas held the Earth with his four hands and his titanic strength. The Earth at his back, Atlas knelt down on a gigantic turtle. That turtle stood on another turtle, and so on, and so on. As far as Atlas could ever te