An Essay About Atlantis

The Atlantans were steeped in magical powers, but lived to serve the rest of humanity. Every day during the summer, the cartoon swept a select set of Atlantans away to an actual place in the world to solve some seemingly unsolvable problem. Tales from Atlantis ended at 10, and that’s when Lucy would get to her own

Atlantis was an extraordinary city that tragically and mysteriously vanished from a day and a night. The story that Plato said is that Atlantis was a island that was better than life itself, As Stemman stated in his book about Atlantis “Poseidon, Greek God of the sea and also of earthquakes was given Atlantis, and there he fell in love with a mortal called Cleito” (56). The city of Atlantis is a place that had questionable existence, Atlantis was a real naval power in the ancient world, but sunk into the ocean. Everything about it was extraordinary including the people that lived there. But something happened and it is to be

Plato told a story about the City of Atlantis around 360 B.C. The founders of the lost City of Atlantis were half god and half human. They established a utopian civilization and it became a great aquatic power. Their home was made up of concentric islands separated by wide moats and linked by a canal that penetrated to the center. These beautiful islands were filled with all different types of objects. Some of these objects were gold, silver, and other extravagant metals. This island had a rare type of exotic wildlife. Near this city was a fantastic capital city in the central island. Different parts of this lost city are said to be located somewhere in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Spain, even under what is now Antarctica. "Pick a spot on the map, and someone has said that Atlantis was there," says Charles Orser, curator of history at the New York State Museum in Albany. Said by this man, Atlantis could be anywhere.

Over 10,000 years ago, in the middle of the ocean, sat an island populated by a noble and mighty race. Natural resources provided by the island brought the people great wealth. The people of Atlantis began to grow greedy in their self-desire. The gods saw this and were appalled. They sought to end this disgrace. Quickly, with one surge of water, the island of Atlantis and its people, were swallowed by the sea. At least, that’s what the stories say. Philosophers and historians have been interested in the legend of Atlantis of nearly 2,400 years (Atlantis). The unsolved mystery of Atlantis has multiple theories and is still incorporated in pop culture today.

The first recorded telling of Atlantis was told by Plato. Some people debate that the first telling of Atlantis was told by Solon 300 years prior to Plato’s telling of Atlantis. The story starts when the atlantic ocean was navigable and there was an island in front of the Pillars of Heracles. It was the said to be bigger than libya and Asia together. The island of Atlantis was a powerful empire that ruled over the whole island and several other parts of the world. Over 11,000 years ago Atlantis was the domain of Poseidon who fell in love with a mortal woman called Cleito who gave birth to 5 sets of twin boys. On top of Atlantis in the middle of the island he created a dwelling surrounded by water to protect her. The founders of Atlantis were half god and

“Atlantis: It’s history is held in my heart with the highest regard because it is very much my own, and its telling would take more time than I have to spare; if you know the story as written by the Greek then you know much already, however, I shall try to tell you the points where the story you know has erred and, that I believe, matter the most to you and your companions. The city you call Atlantis was called Aztlan in my native tongue, it was not an island in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, but a vast plain in America that ran along the foot of a range of mountains made of snow and ice, miles of green pastures upon black earth, wonderful forests, thick with trees of every kind, and uncountable herds of beasts and flocks of birds and

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).

New Atlantis is the story of a navigator and his crew aiming to go to China, but an unprecedented blast of winds redirects their course. As they are blown off course, they soon come across an island that has never been charted on their maps before. The island is known as Bensalem. As they arrive close to the port, they received a scroll written in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Spanish. The scroll had told them that they had only sixteen days to stay on the port. The crew could also receive some supplies from the island as well. First, the man asks if the people on the ship are Christian. The crew says yes, and then the man asks about the sick people on the ship. The captain says there are a quite a bunch of sick people on the ship. The health advisor seemed to immediately know it was scurvy, since soon he brought an orange- scarlet type of fruit to the crew for them to eat. This insinuates that the people on this island are more advanced in the medical field, which means that they have made more scientific progress than the other nations of the time. Thereafter, the crew makes an oath to not disturb the peace of the island, meaning they wont steal or attack anyone or anything. As soon as they settle that, six people from the crew including the captain are given permission to go into the mainland. Of course, the sick stay on the ship in order to get better. The men are told that they are to go into a place called the Stranger’s house. When they arrive, they are told to stay

Plato described the people of Atlantis as once genuine peoples who, were humbled and hard working but were overcame with greed and that is what led to their demise. I believe this was also symbolic for the Athenian government. The Athenian government during there prime was funneling money from the smaller city states. They used this stolen money to fund science projects that only benefited Athens. When the smaller city states found out, Sparta led them in a war known as the Peloponnesian

So have you ever heard of a place called Atlantis. It is suppose to be a great place with great people. In most minds it is, especially most philosophers. But their was one specific that did not think it was. His name is Plato, he studied education. He was born in 428 B.C.E, He died 348 B.C.E

The Links between Plato’s Atlantis and Thera/ Santorini The most popular theory to date is that Atlantis was once located in Thera/ Santorini. Thera remains quite popular among Vulcanologists, archaeologist, historians and Geologists as the Thera did encounter a natural disaster before Plato’s time. This natural disaster was extremely catastrophic, it had caused the island of Thera to be uninhabitable for a number years. Reports about Theran culture suggest that they were an intelligent and somewhat advanced culture; also their religion seemed to resemble Plato’s Atlantean culture.

Atlantis was said to have been a very advanced island for its time, consisting of several rings that surrounded a hill in the center. It was then said to have been brought down by natural disaster in 9000 B.C. by Zeus when he saw that the Atlanteans were becoming greedy (Lost Civilizations: Atlantis). The story of Atlantis was described by Plato in his dialogues, Timaeus and Critiaus. These writings are the only authentic references to the island (Lost Civilizations: Atlantis).

They say that over 11,000 years ago there was an island in the middle of the Atlantic that was home to half-human, half-god creatures. This island was called Atlantis. Plato, a philosopher from Greece, was the one who put together the theory of Atlantis. Some people say that Atlantis sank or that it was destroyed by a volcano. But this theory is a hoax, there is nowhere it could be, no one with any influence on anything thinks that it’s real and Plato is the only one who ever wrote about it.

In the depths of the explored but also the unexplored reaches of our ocean lies a legend of the great city of Atlantis. Through out time there has been a great fascination about lost cities and worlds within ours. These lost locations to this day are stil said to be a myth or a legend but there is a difference between a myth and legend. Myths are the work of fiction and are more then likely false, but a legend? Legends can sometimes be the truth, and legends never die.

Atlantis was a grand, utopian city with an astonishing history. The story of the fall of Atlantis