Our Word for Wednesday theme for June is words that derive from Greek mythology. Our first word of the month is atlas. An atlas is a book that contains a collection of maps. Here is atlas used in some example sentences: The Geography teacher gave each student an atlas. The shelves were filled with globes and atlases. An atlas was published to accompany the fantasy series so that readers could see maps of the different magical lands. The word gets his name from the story of Atlas who, with his brother Menoetius, fought alongside the Titans in in a war against the Olympians. When they were defeated, Zeus, the King of the Gods, condemne...
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