For the first time on the island state of Atlantis wrote the ancient Greek philosopher Plato.
According to the myth, the civilization was absorbed by the sea to the West of the pillars of Hercules in 9500 BC Since lost Atlantis occupies the minds of historians, researchers, and treasure hunters, which does not stop the lack of evidence for the existence of this ancient civilization.
15. Giant island-the state
Plato described Atlantis: “This island exceeded its size Libya and Asia put together”. On it there was “amazing in size and power of the Kingdom”, who owned all of Libya to Egypt and Europe to Tirrenia, Italy. The Central plain of the island stretched a length of 540 km, a maximum width of 360 km, the center of the island was a hill, located in 8-9 kilometers from the sea.
14. Creation Of Poseidon
According to legend, the founder of Atlantis was Poseidon. Received as a gift from Zeus to the island, the God of the sea met it orphaned girl, Cleito, who bore him ten sons. Between children and Poseidon divided Atlantis, and the eldest son, Atlas, became king of the island.
13. Plato first told the story
Plato told of Atlantis in his dialogues “Timaeus” and “Critias” around 360 BC “On this island called Atlantis, there were amazing in the amount and power of the Kingdom, whose authority extended over the whole island, on many other Islands and part of the mainland, and moreover, on this side of the Strait they possessed Libya up to Egypt and Europe up to Tirrenia” – wrote the philosopher.
12. Hill, Cleito
Poseidon had built for his wife’s death, Cleito house on one of the hills of the island and surround it with five circles of equal distance from each other, consisting of two earthen ramparts and three ditches of water. Cleito, became the first Queen of Atlantis and sired five pairs of male twins.
11. Statues of gold
Sons built for Poseidon’s majestic temple in the middle of which stood a giant statue of his father in the chariot. Find the statue failed, but we know that it was made of gold, and the temple itself towered to the clouds.
10. Rich Atlanta
The state Atlantis was so rich that didn’t need trade relations with other countries. Residents grew their own food, they had a lot of rare metals and tools for the production of alloys such as brass, which in itself is a considerable achievement. Atlanta did not have much to overwork in order to feed themselves. In addition, the most common hobby was the production of crystals. Some residents even had the stones to play and experiment with volcanoes!
9. The book of Atlantis
Historian and psychic, Edgar Cayce did my research about the mysterious Atlantis and wrote the book “Edgar Cayce on Atlantis”, which predicted the resurrection of civilization. He also claimed that all the records of Atlanta moved to Egypt and hid it in the Hall of Chronicles – pyramid, located between the right paw of the Sphinx and the river Nile.
8. There lived aliens
Physiology of the Atlanteans was very different from the physiology of Homo sapiens. They were of a gigantic height, their skin was a light blue color, and power are not inferior to Hercules. The life expectancy of the Atlanteans, the average was 800 years old. According to legend, the aliens came to the island approximately 50,000 years ago.
7. Powerful aliens
Atlanta was notable not only for remarkable physical strength, but also superpowers. They could control the weather, prevent natural disasters, to manage the structure of time and space.
6. The decline
While the inhabitants remained divine nature, they were put before all else the virtue, but gradually the divine degenerated and people have become greedy. Powerful civilization of mired in the desire for material goods. As Plato wrote, it is for this reason Zeus decided to destroy Atlantis.
5. No one knows where this island is
From the text of Plato’s dialogues, it becomes clear that Atlantis was in the Atlantic ocean. There have been suggestions that the civilization located amidst the Azores Islands, but recent research has shown that the lost state is to be found in the waters of Spain or Morocco.
4. Atlantis in popular culture
Atlantis – an inexhaustible source of inspiration for writers, artists, Directors and animators. Mysterious civilization dedicated the book “Twenty thousand leagues under the sea” Jules Verne and “Markatov abyss” by Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Walt Disney studios released the animated feature “Atlantis: the Lost Empire”.
3. Scientists do not believe
Scientists do not believe the stories of the ancient Greek philosopher, and the civilization created by Poseidon, it seems they are just fiction. Perhaps Plato in his dialogues illustrated the moral principles and drew a picture of what is happening with the true utopian societies.
2. The moral of the story
Plato told the story of the once prosperous but morally bankrupt society, which win the virtuous Athenians. As suggested, the main purpose of the philosopher was to condemn the Atlanteans, depicting them as an example of greed and arrogance caused by wealth and pursuit of power – the opposite of the idealized Athenians. But while the description of Atlantis, Plato was so fascinated that created an attractive image of the fairy tale utopia.
1. People love Atlantis
Despite the lack of credible evidence, people still prefer to believe in the existence of Atlantis. In the world there is no trace of this advanced civilization, but each of us can find and see it in the dialogues of Plato.
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