Children
Sources describe Atlas as the father, by different goddesses, of numerous children, mostly daughters. Some of these are assigned conflicting or overlapping identities or parentage in different sources.
- By Hesperis:
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- the Hesperides
- By Pleione (or Aethra):
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- the Hyades
- a son, Hyas
- the Pleiades
- By one or more unspecified goddesses:
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- Calypso
- Dione
- Maera
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