god
Atlas
Titan who bears the sky; grandfather of Mercury and ancestor whose 'bound' marks the world's western edge.
Reading notes
- The Odes §1.10 grandson of Atlas
Atlas the Titan, through Maia, is Mercury's grandfather.
- The Odes §1.34 Atlantean
The western edge of the world ('the Atlantean boundary') marked by Atlas, shaken by Jupiter's thunder.