Atlas

Benefits Buildings God Power Implode: Targets a location to do massive damage to buildings and units. Most effective against large groups of enemy troops. Myth Unit Argus: A shapeless blob that can kill instantly with an acid attack.

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Entering the Mythic Age with Gaia you may choose between Atlas and Hekate. The son of the Titan Lapetus and the nymph Clymene, Atlas was thought to be the king of the legendary Atlantis. His attack on Olympus during a failed attempt by the Titans to overthrow Zeus resulted in being condemned to forever carry the heavens upon his shoulders. He is usually portrayed as bearing a globe on his shoulders. He was relieved of his burden temporarily by Heracles during one of that hero's 12 labors, but Atlas was tricked into taking the heavens back onto his shoulders.

According to some he was later released of his burden and made guardian of the Pillars of Hercules, upon which the heavens were set in his stead, and which also were the gateway to the ocean home of Atlantis. His name has come to mean "bearer" or "endurer."

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Argus is an amorphous creature covered with bulbous eyes. When threatened, the Argus forcefully excretes a sticky blob of acid from its many specialized tear ducts. Creatures trapped in the Argus acid have little hope of survival. The Argus also uses this acid to partially pre-digest its food.