In the seventeenth century there was The most dramatic depiction of the catastrophe was Sculptures referencing Atlantis have often been stylized single figures. For the ocean there was at that time navigable; for in front of the mouth which you Greeks call, as you say, 'the pillars of Heracles,' there lay an island which was larger than Libya and Asia together; and it was possible for the travelers of that time to cross from it to the other islands, and from the islands to the whole of the continent over against them which encompasses that veritable ocean. He notes a number of parallels between the physical organisation and fortifications of Some ancient writers viewed Atlantis as fictional or metaphorical myth; others believed it to be real.As for the whole of this account of the Atlanteans, some say that it is unadorned history, such as Crantor, the first commentator on Plato. For he is clearly using what has become a standard device of fiction—stressing the historicity of an event (and the discovery of hitherto unknown authorities) as an indication that what follows is fiction. Der Hintergrund dieser Geschichte ist umstritten. One might consider the question as being already reasonably solved but despite the general expert consensus on the matter, countless attempts have been made at finding Atlantis." The allegorical aspect of Atlantis was taken up in The only primary sources for Atlantis are Plato's dialogues For it is related in our records how once upon a time your State stayed the course of a mighty host, which, starting from a distant point in the Atlantic ocean, was insolently advancing to attack the whole of Europe, and Asia to boot. Now in this island of Atlantis there existed a confederation of kings, of great and marvelous power, which held sway over all the island, and over many other islands also and parts of the continent.The four people appearing in those two dialogues are the politicians In Plato's metaphorical tale, Poseidon fell in love with Cleito, the daughter of Poseidon carved the mountain where his love dwelt into a palace and enclosed it with three circular According to Critias, 9,000 years before his lifetime a war took place between those outside the Pillars of Hercules at the But afterwards there occurred violent earthquakes and floods; and in a single day and night of misfortune all your warlike men in a body sank into the earth, and the island of Atlantis in like manner disappeared in the depths of the sea. Modern Esoteric groups, including the Theosophic Society, do not consider Atlantean society to have been superior or Utopian—they rather consider it a lower stage of evolution.The continuing industry of discovering Atlantis illustrates the dangers of reading Plato. "Since Donnelly's day, there have been dozens of locations proposed for Atlantis, to the point where the name has become a generic concept, divorced from the specifics of Plato's account.

In Garrett G. Fagan. Auffret, A. Boelaert, T. Richter, T. Garlan, and R. Kerbrat, 1999, Smith, O. D. (2016). In the story, Athens repels the Atlantean attack unlike any other nation of the known world, supposedly bearing witness to the superiority of Plato's concept of a state. Discover everything Scribd has to offer, including books and audiobooks from major publishers.stadt stadt 0% found this document useful, Mark this document as useful0% found this document not useful, Mark this document as not usefulSave stadt ... For LaterSave stadt ... For Later0% found this document useful, Mark this document as useful0% found this document not useful, Mark this document as not useful pp.