Atlas (Legend) - Atlas

Japanese: アトラス(伝説) - あとらす
Atlas (Legend) - Atlas

…It was larger than Asia and Libya (Africa) combined, and five pairs of twins of the god Poseidon ruled over ten parts of the island. The island was named after the oldest and first king, Atlas, and the sea around it was called the Atlas Sea (the Atlantic Ocean). With a well-organized urban plan and a powerful military organization, they controlled parts of Europe and Libya, but they also invaded Europe and Asia in an attempt to subjugate them all at once. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Atlas (legend)" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…それはアジアとリビュアつまりアフリカを合わせたよりも大きく,ポセイドン神の5組の双生児が島を10分して支配していた。最年長の初代の王アトラスにちなんで島は命名され,そのまわりの海も〈アトラスの海〉(つまり大西洋のこと)と呼ばれたという。整然たる都市計画と強力な軍事組織を備え,ヨーロッパやリビュアの一部まで支配下に置いていたが,彼らはさらにヨーロッパとアジアとを一挙に隷属させようとして侵攻した。…

※「アトラス(伝説)」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Atlas (Saturn)

>>:  Atrazine

Recommend

Furusato [Hot Spring] - Furusato

A hot spring on the south coast of Sakurajima, Kag...

Poet Sanpei - Kajin Sanpei

…He studied under Motoori Ohira together with his...

trail

…In the broadest sense, it is the trajectory of a...

Numismatics (Kosengaku) ​​- numismatics

Numismatics is the study of currency and medals fr...

Juan Sánchez Cotán

1560‐1627 Spanish monk-painter. Born in Orgaz, Tol...

Eisho

…To make it easier to write on, the paper had to ...

Ubaid - Ubaid (English spelling) al-Ubaid

A standard site of the Ubaid period in the desert...

Oohokigayatsuri - Oohokigayatsuri

...The bark of the stems of the Chinese sedge, cu...

Asconcentrum miniatum

…[Koichi Ejiri]. … *Some of the terminology that ...

"Ekimae Ryokan" (Novel)

…After the end of the war, he remained quiet in K...

Jungar - Jungar (English spelling)

The Mongolian tribe of Oirats, which arose in the...

thickhead

...Because its cry is a flute-like sound, it is c...

Xu Shi's body - I want to

A Chinese style of bird-and-flower painting. This...

Khaqani (English spelling)

... Since the 10th century, Persian poets were li...

The Perfect Kapellmeister

…Although he worked as secretary to the British a...