Fantasy is a tough sell in the twenty-first century. The world has been completely discovered and fully charted. Popular media has effectively minimized the legend and fantastic rumor, and advances in science continue to disprove many ancient myths. Satellites have mapped and studied the earth, leaving only a space frontier that is yet unreachable. But standing out is a charming fantasy the modern world has yet to verify or condemn: the Lost Continent of Atlantis.
Plato gave the world its oldest remaining written account of Atlantis, which he had learned from traveling Egyptians (Mythweb.com), and recorded in his works Timeus and Critias ("Atlantis, Again"). Plato's story explained that Poseidon, god of the sea, created the Island, and eventually passed it on to the five sets of male twins that he had sired. He appointed the eldest of these sons, Atlas the Titan, ruler of the domain, but each of his sons inherited a tenth of the island as his kingdom ("The Lost Continent of Atlantis"). However, it is noted by Plato that the gods who create something so grand also have the power to destroy it, which in the case of Atlantis became a reality when its inhabitants were found to be greedy and dishonest.
Plato marks the location of Atlantis in his statement that it was "situated in front of the straits which are by you called the Pillars of Hercules" ("Timeus, Page 2"). It therefore had contact with other cultures in the vicinity: Greece, Egypt, and Athens, as well as access to the Atlantic Ocean for trade endeavors ("Timeus, Page 2"). Atlantis was shaped in rings, alternating between land and water (Frimmer 131), and "the island was supposedly larger than Libya and As...
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Shane Koyczan’s poem “Atlantis” demonstrates the teller of the poem going through an existential path, at the beginning of the poem the teller begins to look for the lost city of Atlantis. The poem’s first two stanzas both ended with “I’m left looking for Atlantis” (Koyczan) which can also be interoperated into I’m looking for a purpose; this show that the speaker is metaphorically looking for – the lost city within himself. This being shown through a series of significant events in which he inquires why things are the way they are, why we deposit our faith in fear or why don’t aliens hide from us better. He also talks about faith and how faith can’t put a dent in fact and by saying that it shows – fact has killed faith and if we believe that “the universe is never ending” (Koyczan) then by that we are nothing not even a microbe, which demonstrates how little he thinks of himself. Shane Koyzcan’s poem displays that through of significant experiences we can start to learn our purpose he shows this having the experiences he goes make him question the world around him. Atlantis
The ginormous volcano at Akrotiri on the island of Thera during the Bronze Age was devastating, and is speculated to be related to the fall of the Minoan civilization. Starting in 1867, archeologists discovered pottery, a buried city and frescoes. These discoveries are the most significant as the pottery and the buried city helped historians learn about the art, trade and societal aspects of Akrotiri, and the frescoes found revealed more information about Akrotiri’s art and religion.
of his home but then it is ripped away from him due to his own men and their greed. Poseidon
Atlantis, the fabled lost city: legend tells us that the city full of fortune and wealth that turned greedy and angered the gods. By angering the gods, the entire city was swallowed up in a massive earthquake. However, the only proof we have of Atlantis existing at all is a single dialogue written by Greek philosopher Plato (427-347 BCE), and many theories that have come from that. The theories talk about the location of Plato’s Atlantis being everywhere from The Bahamas to Antarctica. But the theory that is most common is Atlantis was the island nation of Santorini, or to be more precise Thera. From the evidence I’ve been given, Santorini could be Atlantis.
Poseidon is a god of many names. He is most famous as the god of the sea. The son of Cronus and Rhea, Poseidon is one of six siblings who eventually "divided the power of the world." His brothers and sisters include: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Zeus. The division of the universe involved him and his brothers, Zeus and Hades. Poseidon became ruler of the sea, Zeus ruled the sky, and Hades got the underworld. The other divinities attributed to Poseidon involve the god of earthquakes and the god of horses. The symbols associated with Poseidon include: dolphins, tridents, and three-pronged fish spears.
Poseidon is one of the most know gods, he is most known for being the God of the Sea and protector of all waters. He had children including Orion, Polyphemus, Pelias, and many others. Poseidon is the son of Cronus and Rhea, some say he was swallowed by his father along with Hades, Demeter, Hestia, and Hera his siblings. Others say Poseidon like Zeus was not swallowed by Cronus, The mother Rhea tricked Cronus and said she gave birth to a flock of lambs so he devoured the lambs. Poseidon could strike the ground with his trident to create an earthquake which gave him the nickname “Earth-Shaker”. (Poseidon God of the sea Page 1)
Monarchs ruled Athens, before the life of Theseus. To kept the monarchy in control and continue the current rulers authority, an heir had to be born. Conflict between the current ruler and those who wanted to take over his position was always inevitable. In Plutarch writing, Theseus was born to the king of Athens, Aegeus, and Aethra, the daughter of the wise Pittheus. After Aegeus’ encounter with Aethra, he left shoes and a sword under a rock so that if he did produce an heir he would return to Athens to be at his father’s side. Aegeus knew that if he did produce an heir that he had to keep the child a secret so that his enemies, the fifty sons of Palla, would not kill the child. When Aethra’s son was born her, her father claimed that little Theseus’ father was the god of the sea, Poseidon, hiding the secret of the real father. In addition, it is possible that Poseidon was said to be the boy’s father because this could boost the boy’s reputation as he grew.
In the beginning, it all started with the gods and goddesses Cronus (God of the Sky) and Rhea (Goddess of the Earth). They met and got married. While they were married they produced six offspring. These offspring would turn out to be some of the most famous in mythology. The offspring consisted of Hestia, Hades, Poseidon, Demeter, Hera, and of course, the famous Zeus. Poseidon was the oldest son to be born from these two. Unfortunately when the offspring were born Cronus devoured most, even though Rhea tried many times to keep that from happening. Finally when Zeus was born she tricked Cronus into thinking it was his own son, when handed to him, and he eat him like all the others. But after doing so, Rhea told Cronus that she had given him a stone wrapped up in a blanket. Zeus later overthrew his father and released all of his other kin. After overthrowing Cronus, Zeus took over the ruler of the kingdom. With him taking the thrown on Mt. Olympus, he chose Hades to rule the underworld and Poseidon to look after the sea and land. Poseidon was a very powerful god and ruled with fury. He was made the god of waters in general and of the sea in particular (1). He is an equal in dignity to Zeus but not in power. This is important because it does not allow Poseidon to question his br...
Ever wonder why Poseidon, god of the seas, was said to have such an unpredictable temper? Maybe the Greeks just simply chose to make him that way to make their myths filled with more drama, or maybe his personality is based on the element that he reigns over. Either way, since Poseidon ruled over the sea in Greek myth, he was the sole figure responsible for the sea’s natural events and their unpredictability. Knowing that myths accounted for natural events in ways like Poseidon’s personification of the seas is important because it gives some insight on how the people of Greece would explain such strange phenomena, for example, the changing seasons. With that in mind, one should know that the awe-inspiring, physical nature of our world is key
Poseidon was a powerful god that could shake the earth by simply striking his trident, his power was only surpassed by that of Zeus, but Poseidon's creativity was unrivaled. Creating all the animals in the sea was not an easy task, but from Poseidon's endless imagination came all the creatures of th...
1) In Greek mythology we have many gods and goddess with different meanings, the one I chose to do part of my MET assignment on is Poseidon, who is known as the god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses. Poseidon is known for his changing temperament and being easily offended by many things. He was a dignified and competitive god and it was wise to not offended and anger him. Poseidon is the brother of Zeus, known for his thunderbolt and Hades, known for the helmet of darkness. He gained the title as the god of Seas, earthquakes, and horses is because when the three brothers deposed of their father, the kingdom of the sea fell by lot on him. He is known by his main element of weapon and symbol, the Trident, perhaps was once a fishing spears.
They agreed they would all share the Earth but as Poseidon was more often on the mortal realm, the job fell more to him than his brothers. Poseidon built a great palace in his underwater realm and created beautiful white horses with golden manes to pull his chariot across the ocean for him.
As amazing as this discovery sounds, there have been many attempts to find the truth about the island and some truths have been revealed which lead to other questions and more obsessions.
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In 1882, Ignatius L. Donnelly published a book named “Atlantis: the Antediluvian World”. In this book, Donnelly tried to demonstrate his hypothesis that all known ancient civilizations were descended from a specific civilization, which was Atlantis. He observed that ancie...