Fantasy is a tough sell in the twenty-first century. The world has been completely discovered and fully charted. Popular media has effectively minimized the legend and fantastic rumor, and advances in science continue to disprove many ancient myths. Satellites have mapped and studied the earth, leaving only a space frontier that is yet unreachable. But standing out is a charming fantasy the modern world has yet to verify or condemn: the Lost Continent of Atlantis. Plato gave the world its oldest remaining written account of Atlantis, which he had learned from traveling Egyptians (Mythweb.com), and recorded in his works Timeus and Critias ("Atlantis, Again"). Plato's story explained that Poseidon, god of the sea, created …show more content…
Atlantis was considerably wealthy, with abundant gold statues ("The Lost Continent of Atlantis"), Ivory, and Orchalcum (Braymer 16), "a precious yellow metal that was once considered second in value only to gold" (Frimmer 130), to show off its riches. It was a virtual paradise, with large harbors for trade, hot and cold springs, public baths, "a racecourse which made a full circuit of the outer ring of land" (Braymer 17), abundant harvests, and extremely large armies and a powerful navy (Frimmer 131). The political system was practically a Utopia, with equal rights for all and a refusal to accept slavery as a part of its culture. Entities that pursued the issue or attacked the ideals were forcefully detained, and invaders were crushed with similar effectiveness ("Timeus, Page 2"). Unfortunately the citizens of Atlantis, after Atlas and his nine brothers had passed on, began to take their good fortunes for granted, and Zeus punished them severely - the whole continent sank into the earth in a day and a night (Frimmer 132). There is no common argument regarding historical evidence that Atlantis did or did not exist. In the Middle Ages the matter was hardly doubted, but today physical proof is needed to persuade people to believe (Occultopedia.com). "Given Plato's concern for good government and an ideal image of Athens of old, it can
in a cataclysmic event. For long it has been debated that Atlantis was not a factual civilization but either counts as one of the many known myths of a destructive deluge, or merely serves as a metaphor for the Greek philosopher Plato to debate the consequences for a society that fails in its moral code of conduct. The extinction of Atlantis was linked in the late 1930s to a volcanic disaster that befell the island of Thera some 113 kilometers from Crete at a time when the Minoan civilization flourished.
Through Plato, the story and mystery of Atlantis became
Atlantis was first known in the B.C. era; it was written by a Greek philosopher named Plato. (Livescience) Many stories are told about Atlantis and one specifically told by a famous psychic in the 1920s named Edgar Cayce. (Livescience) Edgar began telling the future for certain people that said they had an affiliation in the past with Atlantis. After foreseeing the future for an abundant number of people, Edgar claimed that Atlantis was to be discovered in 1969, which has not been found. Some psychic archaeology dates back hundreds of years. The fountain of youth is location that everyone can recognize as a myth, yet the story is amazing and is proposed by a Spanish explorer in the 1500s. Some megalithic or cyclopean structures were found using psychic archaeology, but way they were discovered is inconclusive. When sites are found, scientific archaeologist say the psychic could have known about the site or had information previous to the
Crete housed the first European civilization to have complex political and social structures, had centralized government, monumental building, bronze metalworking, writing and record keeping, was named after the legend of King Minos, had widespread connections, possible different conceptions of authority, statues of women present, emphasis on beauty of natural world, all palaces except Cnossus were deliberately destroyed around 1450 B.C.E., great sailing abilities, evidence suggests that Minoans pioneered sea routes, then Greeks used the same and eventually overtook them, becoming the only trader of the Aegean.
The “Golden Age” of Athens was a period of time when they “grew” in political leadership, economic growth, and cultural flourishing.
After that many stories went around. People and the ancient times made stories and tales. Over time scientists discovered "Atlantis". It was a swampy area but it was where people described it. There was an underwater volcano that took it down. I found all this at History.com, at the atlantis discussion area. So do you think atlantis
Athens was one of the greatest cities that existed in ancient Greece. Ranging from a superb navy, to an outstanding belief in knowledge, they were set to succeed from the beginning. Athens was a land of great wealth and prosperity. This led to some of the world’s greatest pieces of art including the Parthenon and the Temple of Zeus. There may have been other cities with good militaries or strong trading partners, but there was never a city that could compete with the great city of Athens. Athens dominated the Ancient world due to their navy, intelligence, democracy, and trade.
Atlantis is a city that was never found or even placed on a map but only mentioned in a book
College sports are extremely popular in the United States. Sports bring millions of dollars to the university, but it has caused compromise in academic standards and disadvantage students who don’t participate. College administrators, and coaches don’t want their star athlete to not able to play because academics. They want their team to, and who would not? College sports should not mean you do not need to have good academics. Students in college sports should not have these advantages because it not fair for those who try hard. College sports does have a place in college because it provides many scholarships to those who need them, but it should not fake grades.
However, after years of generations of ruling Atlantis’s rulers started to create tension with their fellow countries. “They conquered parts of North Africa and Europe, they were on their way to attack Egypt and Athens.” Shortly after the Athenians conquered parts of North Africa and Europe, all hell struck in the city of Atlantis. “It was protected by the god Poseidon, who made his son Atlas king and namesake of the island and the ocean that surrounded it. As the Atlanteans grew powerful, their ethics declined.”
The decision to conduct a cursory search of the residence, in hindsight, was deemed wrong because of the lack of manpower, the search provided a false sense of security for the homeowner and ultimately was ineffective in locating the fugitives. This dilemma is a difficult one. The lack of manpower coupled with no evidence placing the fugitives in the residence would have made me rethink conducting the cursory search. The searches being conducted in the neighborhood had one mission and that was to find the fugitives not to give each homeowner peace of mind. In this type of scenario one must be analytical rather than being led by emotions. By the grace of God, the fugitives did not violently engage the officers conducting the
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Greek mythology has always been a very fascinating subject to talk about. The belief that gods and goddesses once ruled the Earth is an interesting idea. To think that the land and sea were once looked upon by one of the strongest and fiercest gods that ever lived. Poseidon or Neptune was known to be one of the strongest gods that ever walked on the planet. Poseidon is best known for protecting and watching over the ocean.
The NEW ATLANTIS begins with the description of a ship lost at sea. The crew
Cleito bore Poseidon ten sons, five sets of boys. Atlas the first son of the first set of twins, was made king over the vast territory by his father. His brothers were appointed princes and each ruled over a large section of the territory which was distributed to him. The most valuable section of the kingdom remained his mother's home on the hilltop and the land surrounding it. This was given to Atlas. Atlas himself had many sons with the succession of the throne always passing to the eldest son. For generations Atlantis remained peaceful and prospered. Almost all of the population's needs were met from the island's mines, fields and forests. Anything which the kingdom did not produce was imported. This was possible because a channel was eventually built which transversed all the rings from the ocean to the center of the kingdom, or the acropolis. On this stood the royal palace near the original home of Poseidon and Cleito. Each succeeding king tried to out do his predecessor in building a greater kingdom. Finally the splendid city Metropolis and the outer city of Atlantis existed behind a great outer wall. Poseidon sat down laws for Atlantis which the rulers were to fellow. The ruling body was to meet regularly. It was to consist of ten rulers which represented the first rulers, Atlas and his nine brothers, who reigned with absolute power of life and death over their subjects. These meeting occurred in the