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Brit., III. 14. Athos, Mount. [Gr. Ἄθως , Ἄθων , NGr. "Αγιον όρος , the holy mount, It. Monte Santo .] A mountain at the extremity of the peninsula of Athos, famous since the early middle ages for its communities of monks, which form a sort of republic tributary to Turkey. Height, 6,350 feet. Athos (ä-thōs'). One of the "Three Musketeers” in Dumas's novel of that name. See Trois Mousquetaires , Les . Athy (a-thi'). A town in the county of Kildare, Ireland, 39 miles southwest of Dublin. Atia, or Attia, gens (at'i-ä jenz). In ancient Rome, a plebeian clan or house whose family names were Balbus, Labienus, Rufus, and Varus. Atilia, or Atillia, gens (a-til'i-ä jenz). In ancient Rome, a patrician and plebeian clan or house whose family names under the Republic were Bulbus, Cal at in us, Longus, Regulus, and Serran us. The first member of this gens who became consul was M. Atilius Regulus, 335 в. с. Atimuca. See Timuquanan . Atin (a'tin). The personification of strife in Spenser's "Faerie Queene.” Atina (ä-te'nä). A town in the province of Caserta, Italy, 70 miles southeast of Rome. Population (1881), 2,043. Atitlan (ä-te-tlän'). A volcano in Guatemala near Lake Atitlan. Height, 11,849 feet. Atitlan, Lake. A lake in Guatemala, Central America, 50 miles west of Guatemala, noted for its great depth. It has no outlet. Atka (at'kä). The largest of the Andrea nov Islands, Aleutian Archipelago. Atkarsk (ät-kärsk'). A town in the government of Saratoff, eastern Ru ia, 55 miles north west of Saratoff. Population, about 7,000. Atkins (at'kinz), John. Born 1685: died 1757. An English surgeon who, in 1721, accompanied the ships Swallow and Weymouth on a voyage to West Africa and America, returning in 1723. He published the "Navy Surgeon" (1732), and "A Voyage to Guinea, Brazil, and the West Indies" (1735). Atkins, Tommy. See Tommy Atkins . At kins on (at'kin-son), Edward. Born at Brook line, Ma ., Feb. 10, 1827. An American economist and statistician. He is the author of "Our National Domain" (1879), "Cotton Manufacturers of the United States" (1880), "Railroads of the United States," etc. At kins on, Henry. Born in North Carolina,1782: died at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., June 14, 1842. An American general. He defeated the Indians at Bad Axe River in Black Hawk's war, 1832. At kins on, Thomas Witlam. Born in Yorkshire, England, March 6, 1799: died at Lower Walmer, Kent, Aug. 13, 1861. An English artist and traveler. He was the author of "Oriental and Western Siberia" (1858), "Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor" (1860), etc. IMG:content-0144.png:[blocks in formation] At kins on, Sergeant. A character in Fielding's Atlas, Witch of. See Witch of Atlas . "Amelia." With his devotion to Booth and Amelia, Atlas Mountains. A mountain system in Moand his self-sacrificing generosity, he is an embodiment of goodne of heart. Atkyns (at'kinz), Richard. Born 1615: died 1677. An English writer on the history of printing: author of "The Original and Growth of Printing, etc." (1664). Atkyns, Sir Robert. Born in Gloucestershire, 1621: died Feb. 18, 1709. An English jurist, and chief baron of the exchequer: author of "Parliamentary and Political Tracts" (1734), etc. Atlanta (at-lan'tä). The capital of Georgia and of Fulton County, situated in lat. 33° 45' N., long. 84° 25′ W. It is an important railway center, and has an extensive trade in cotton, tobacco, etc., and manufactures of cotton, iron, flour, etc. It is the seat of Atlanta University (colored), founded in 1869. Atlanta was taken by Sherman Sept. 2, 1864, and was partly burned previous to his departure on his "March to the Sea" (Nov. 15, 1864). It became the State capital in 1868. There was a cotton exposition at Atlanta in 1881. Popu lati on (1900), 89,872. Atlanta, Battle of. A victory gained east of Atlanta, July 22, 1864, by the Federals under Sherman over the Confederates under Hood (who had made a sortie from the city). Federal lo , about 3,600 (including General McPherson). Atlantes (at-lan'tēz). [Pl. of Ἄτλας.] In Greek architecture, colo al male statues used instead of columns to support an entablature. Atlantes (ät-län′tes). A magician, in Boiardo's and Ariosto's "Orlando," who lived on Mount Carena in a castle surrounded with a wall of where he educated the young Rogero. (1900), 5,046. Atlantic (at-lantik). The capital of Ca County, Iowa, situated on East Nish nab at one River 47 miles east of Omaha. Population Atlantic City. A seaside resort in Atlantic County, New Jersey, 60 miles southeast of Philadelphia. Population (1900), 27,838. Atlantic Ocean. Atlan tisches Meer , L. At lant i cum mare , Gr. τὸ Ἀτλαντικὸν πέλαγος, ἡ Ἀτλαντικὴ θάλασσα , the sea of Atlas, originally applied to the sea beyond Mount Atlas in northwest Africa, from Ἄτλας (Άτλαντ-), Mount Atlas.] That part of the ocean which is bounded by the Arctic Circle on the north, Europe and Africa on the east, the Antarctic Ocean on the south, and America on the west. It is sometimes regarded as terminating at lat. 40° S., the part southward being reckoned as belonging to the so-called Southern Ocean. Its chief currents are the Gulf Stream, East Green land Current Labrador Current, Equatorial Current, South Connecting Current, Guinea Current, and Brazilian Current. Length, 10,000 miles; average breadth, 3,000 miles; average depth, about 13,000 feet. At lant is (at-lan′tis). [L. At lant is , Gr. ἡ Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, the Atlantic Isle, from Ἄτλας , Mount Atlas.] A mythical island in the Atlantic Ocean, northwest of Africa, referred to by Plato and other ancient writers, which with its inhabitants was said to have disappeared in a convulsion of nature. At lant is, The New. See New At lant is . Atlas (at'las). [Gr. Ἄτλας , lit. 'the supporter' (of the sky), from a euphonic and τλᾶν ( τλα- ) (= L. tollere ), bear up, support.] 1. In Greek mythology, a Titan, brother of Pro me the us and Epimetheus, son of Iapetus and Clymene (or Asia), and father (by Pleione) of the Pleiades and (by Æthra) of the Hyades, and also (in Homer) of Calypso. According to Hesiod he was condemned by Zeus, for his part in the battle of the Titans, to stand at the western extremity of the earth, near the dwelling-place of the Hesperides, upholding the heavens with his shoulders and hands. His station was later said to be in the Atlas Mountains in Africa. According to some accounts he was the father of the Hes perides: also a king to whom the garden of the Hesperides belonged. The details of the myth vary greatly. Ideler has shown (see Humboldt's "Aspects of Nature," vol. i. pp. 144-146, E. T.) that there was a confusion in the Greek mind with respect to Atlas. The earlier writers (Homer, Hesiod, .) intended by that name the Peak of Teneriffe, of which they had some indistinct knowledge derived from Phœnician sources The later, unacquainted with the great Western Ocean, placed Atlas in Africa, asfier first regarding it as a single mountain, and then, as geographical knowledge increased, and they found there was no very remarkable mountain in North-western Africa, as a mountain chain a Hero dot us is a writer of the tran Peak, while his locality is Africa-not, however, the western coast, but an inland tract, probably south-eastern Algeria. Thus his mountain, if it is to be considered as having any foundation at all on fact, must represent the eastern, not the western, extremity of the Atlas chain. Rawlinson , Herod., III. 159, note. 2. The fourth-magnitude star 27 Pleiadum, at the eastern extremity of the "handle" of the group. rocco, Algeria, and Tunis, sometimes regarded as limited to Morocco. Its highest summit, Jebel Ajashi, in Morocco, is 14,600 feet high. Length, about 1,500 miles. Atm (atm), Atmu (ät'mö), or Tmu (tmö). In Egyptian mythology, the setting sun, a double of Ra, represented in human form, wor shiped at Northern On, or Helio polis. Atna. See Ahtena . Atna (at'nä) River, or Copper River. A river in Alaska which flows into the Pacific west of Mount St. Elias. Atnah (at'nä). [From a Takulli word meaning 'stranger.'] A tribe of North American Indians dwelling on Fraser River, British Columbia: to be distinguished from the Ahtena of the At hap as can stock. See Salishan . Atooi. See Kauai . Ato a (a-tos'ä). [Gr. Ἄτοσσα .] 1. The daughter of Cyrus, king of Persia, and wife succe ively of Cambyses, Smerdis, and Darius Hystaspes. Ato a, the daughter of Cyrus, and wife succe ively of her brother Cambyses, of the Pseudo-Smerdis, and of Darius, is known to us chiefly from Hero dot us and Æschylus. There is no mention of her in the Inscriptions, nor by any historical writer of repute, except Hero dot us and such as follow him. According to one account she was killed by Xerxes in a fit of pa ion. Rawlinson , Herod., IV. 256. 2. A poetical name given to the first Duche of Marl borough by Pope in his “Moral E ays." Atrato (ä-trätō). A river in Colombia which flows into the Gulf of Darien in lat. 8o N., long. 77° W. Its length is about 275 miles, and it is navigable for over half its course. At rebates (a-treb'a-tez or at-re-ba'tez). In ancient history, a tribe of Belgic Gaul, dwelling chiefly in the later Artois. It joined the confederation against Julius Cæsar. One branch dwelt in Britain near the Thames. Adventurers from Gaul probably led the way into England; and the names Brigantes and Parisi in Durham and east Yorkshire, Cenomanni in East Anglia, and At rebates in Berks hire, belong equally to the continental districts of Bregenz, Paris, Maine, and Arras. There is some reason, from local names and language, to connect these Gaulish tribes with the Kymric rather than with the Erse