various sources, means "the Bearer" or "Daring" or "Sufferer". ATLAS was the son of OCEANID TITANESS CLYMENE /KLYMENE and the TITAN JAPETUS/IAPETUS; his step-brothers were PROMETHEUS , MENOETUS, and EPIMETHEUS ; and he was the father of the NYMPHS known as the PLEIADES , HYADES , HESPERIDES , CALYPSO , MAIA