Atlantis Flashcards
Plato (359-347 BC)
Greek Philosopher 4th century BC
Wrote of Atlantis in his dialogue: Timaeus and Critias
The Atlantis described in Plato is an evil imperial
power bent on the destruction of a hypothetically perfect society, played by ancient Athens.
Donnelly (3 accounts is on study guide!)
Atlantis: The Antediluvian World 1882
- There was such an island
- Plato’s story was true
- original civilization
- colonized the world
- antediluvian
- Gods and Goddesses of ancient Greeks,
Phoenicians, Hindus, Scandinavians were
simply the kings, queens and heroes of Atlantis - Mythologies of Egypt and Peru represent the
original religion of Atlantis, sun-worship. - Oldest colony was probably Egypt
- Bronze Age of Europe derived from Atlantis;
Earliest iron tools Atlantean. - Phoenician alphabet derived from Atlantis
- Atlantean Alphabet source of Mayan glyphic writing.
- Atlantis was the original seat of the Aryan, Indo-European nations, as well as the Semitic peoples.
- Atlantis submerged in a terrible convulsion of
nature, with most killed. - The few who escaped began the stories of the
flood in both Old and New worlds.
Logosyllabic
Mayan Writing is logosyllabic, not alphabetic. Bears no relationship to Phoenician or Greek Alphabets
Egyptian Heiroglyphs (alphabetic vs logosyllabic)
logosyllabic
Knossos
Great Palace of Knossos, on Krete
Destroyed around 1450 BC
All of the dwellings and palaces in central and eastern Crete were destroyed between 1400-1500BC
Principle documented was fire
Santorini (Thera) Eruption possible cause?
Eruption of Santorini (Thera)
Volcanic eruption in second millennium B.C
Map with probable ash fall from eruption
Mycenean Greek (Bronze Age)
The Myceneans succeded the Minoans as the great sea power in the Aegean