The Myth Of The Atlantis

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

Pseudo-history, pseudo-science, and pseudo-archaeology have delivered ‘proof’ of numerous sites where Atlantis, the lost city of which Plato wrote, could have thrived and then suffered total destruction

      Atlantis is known to most people as a legend or myth written by the Greek poet Plato, but is it possible that this lost continent really existed? Is it all legend or could there be some fact to it? Contrary to common belief there have been numerous geological and historical findings that actually give proof to the existence of this lost city. In the book Imagining Atlantis it tells us the story written by Plato. "According to ancient Egyptian temple records the Athenians fought an aggressive war against the rulers of Atlantis some nine thousand years earlier

people think Atlantis is just another city in which Plato visited and had more advanced

Philosopher Sir Francis Bacon wrote of a fictitious island in a short story called The New Atlantis. The island Bensalem is unlike any other in terms of societal advancement, however, with strict laws to follow. Power within the leaders is needed to create and mandate the laws on Bensalem. The story illustrates three different types of leaders with that power: religion, government, and scientists. While all three are relevant, scientists and religious leaders are the two magnified throughout The New Atlantis.

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

Plato's Allegory of the cave is classic from ancient Greece that will never go out of style and will always be able to relate to the present. The Wachowski brother’s movie The Matrix is a modern day with breathtaking visual and heart pulsing fighting scenes that will be enjoyed by future generations to come. Plato's classical short story and the Wachowski brothers’ box office hit share many similarities in the plot and the meanings behind the story itself. What makes their works of art so enjoyable is that they can connect to the real world.

Nice, friendly, bad, fake, dependable, spacy, independent, passionate. As I sift through the layers of adjectives I have been labeled throughout my adolescent life, I pose myself the question: who the hell am I? Too easily, I resort to answering that question with a list of things I have accomplished or partake in, replying with I am a runner or I sing in the choir. While both facts may be true, they fail to truly answer the original question.

On the Island of Atlantis, there were two twins that were very jealous toward one another. The twins’ jealousy was inherited from their father Hades. Their names were Haper, “The Goddess of the Harp,” & Aquamarina, “The Goddess of the Shipwrecks.” Both sisters owned part of the island of Atlantis. One part called Neptunus was owned by Aquamarina, and the other part Apollomus was owned by Harper.

The universe was a void. There were no stars, no planets, no meteoroids or asteroids. There was, however, a miniscule island-like body within this void. The island was able to have one person living comfortably on it. It consisted of an apple tree, a freshwater stream, an empty book, a quill and ink, and a kerosene lamp for a light source. The island and its contents had always existed. The stream of water ran off of the island, making a waterfall, and the apple tree was large enough to cover up over half of the island.

De Fabianis, Valeria Manferto, ed. Ancient Rome: History of a Civilization that Ruled the World. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1996Grant, Michael. The Founders of the Western World: A History of Greece and Rome. New York: Charles Scribners Sons, Maxwell Macmillan Int., 1991Martin, Thomas R. Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times. New Haven, Eng.: Yale University Press,

Greek mythology in general, has many impacts on the modern day world, even though it was written over a 10 milleniums ago. Greek mythology, implicitly, introduced the ideas of life lessons, and they can also gives us humans in general basis to our common beliefs. Furthermore, Greek mythology helps us get to know ourselves, and it can aid us in the process of seeing how capable was as humans are.

Bacon trusted that science could propel people socially. In the New Atlantis the lord offers numerous depictions of what the general public brings to the table and what it is doing experimentally. Advancement is apparent in that natives benefit from these logical headways. “Our foundation is the knowledge of causes, and secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things” (Bacon 18). He then clarifies how the island got some of its data and the positions at which certain individuals are permitted to lead tests. He likewise uncovers to the sailors, “These are, my son, the riches of Salomon’s House” (Bacon 23). Inside of this "house" there is a choice of researchers and adventurers that lead

Another famous work by Bacon is, The New Atlantis, published in 1627, the book depicts a scientific utopia where knowledge and command of nature is emphasized. A major key element in this book, in all of his works, is the usefulness of knowledge. Bacon believed that, “knowledge is power.” While Bacon did lots of good for the philosophical community, he failed to see the role of mathematics, this was his biggest weakness. Not only that, but Bacon, “…never had much influence on the development on actual science.” (Palmer, R.R., et al. A History of the Modern World: Tenth Edition. New York State, 2007).

Minos may be the king of the lost City of Atlantis. This peaceful civilization built mostly out of