18 апр. 2018 г. · Atlantic Ocean. (The ocean's name, derived from Greek mythology, means the “Sea of Atlas.”) Arctic Ocean. ( ...

17 мая 2021 г. · Atlas, origin of Atlantis (Atlas' island) and Atlantic (Atlas' ocean), is a mystery; it may derive from older Indo-European root for “support” ...

21 мая 2023 г. · Originally, the ancient Greeks gave the name “Atlantic” to the sea off the coasts of Gibraltar, that is to say, only a small part of what is ...

25 февр. 2023 г. · The term "Atlantic" first appeared in Greek mythology when it referred to the "Sea of Atlas.". The Atlantic Ocean has been referred to as such ...

1 мар. 2023 г. · Derived from the Greek Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος meaning “island of Atlas,” and regarded as the domain of Poseidon, the god of sea, Atlantis was supposedly ...

11 мая 2016 г. · In the Greek language, "Atlantic" is loosely translated to mean “the island of Atlas” or “sea of Atlas.” The earliest writings that mention the ...

20 нояб. 2018 г. · My take is that referring to the Atlantic as a pond is an allusion to the neighborly amity between the two nations, the US and the UK.

10 янв. 2021 г. · The name Atlantic was probably related to the mythical Land of Atlantis, that “vavished beneath the waves” to the west of Gibraltar. The words ...

24 июл. 2023 г. · The name is pretty old! It is a reference to the story of Atlantis which was supposed to be beyond the Pillars of Hercules.

12 февр. 2023 г. · The original name given to the Pacific Ocean by a European from the Americas side of the ocean was the Mar del Sur or 'South Sea'.