Summary of Andrew Collins's Atlantis In The Caribbean

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#1 The Timaeus is a dialogue written by Plato around the year 355 BCE. It is about the universe and the physical world, and it discusses the mechanics of the universe and the nature of the physical world. In it, he introduces the world to the subject of Atlantis.
#2 The Timaeus tells us that Solon learned about the history of Athens while he was in Egypt, and that the history and genealogies of Athens are little better than nursery tales. The elderly priest explained how the citizens of Athens were the most valiant in war before the great flood.
#3 The Timaeus was written as a fictional narrative, a sort of X-Files of its day. It contained a wealth of astronomical and scientific information, but was written as a fictional narrative.
#4 The priest of Sais explained to Solon that the aggressor that opposed the mighty nation of Athens came from an island in front of the Pillars of Hercules. This was the name given in antiquity to the pillarlike rocks that stood on either side of the Strait of Gibraltar and marked the entrance to the Atlantic Ocean.

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• Civilization

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• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 13 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669353379
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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#1

The Timaeus is a dialogue written by Plato around the year 355 BCE. It is about the universe and the physical world, and it discusses the mechanics of the universe and the nature of the physical world. In it, he introduces the world to the subject of Atlantis.

#2

The Timaeus tells us that Solon learned about the history of Athens while he was in Egypt, and that the history and genealogies of Athens are little better than nursery tales. The elderly priest explained how the citizens of Athens were the most valiant in war before the great flood.

#3

The Timaeus was written as a fictional narrative, a sort of X-Files of its day. It contained a wealth of astronomical and scientific information, but was written as a fictional narrative.

#4

The priest of Sais explained to Solon that the aggressor that opposed the mighty nation of Athens came from an island in front of the Pillars of Hercules. This was the name given in antiquity to the pillarlike rocks that stood on either side of the Strait of Gibraltar and marked the entrance to the Atlantic Ocean.

#5

The story of Atlantis is a difficult one to figure out. It is possible that Plato was referring to the American mainland, which was not discovered until Christopher Columbus’s third voyage to the New World in 1498.

#6

Theopompus of Chios, a Greek historian, wrote about a race of people who lived on a distant continent. They were twice the size of those who lived in Europe, and their lives were twice as long. They had various styles of life, and two very big cities.

#7

The idea that there was an opposite continent, North or South America, was present in classical times. Plato, in the Timaeus, says that from Atlantis, the island that existed in the Atlantic, explorers could reach the other islands and the entire continent.

#8

The Timaeus account says that Atlantis was an island that was ruled by a monarchy that controlled many other islands and parts of the opposite continent. It seems to have been an island-based culture with seafaring capabilities.

#9

The story of Atlantis is difficult to understand, and it might seem easier to dismiss Plato’s words as fiction. But he says that the Atlantean kings controlled towns and ports in both Europe and Libya.

#10

The dates given for the founding of Athens in the text are around 9570 BCE, which is when civilization is said to have begun. However, archaeologists have found evidence of human settlement in the area around Athens only after the cessation of the last Ice Age.

#11

The Timaeus claims that the age of Egyptian institutions is eight thousand years, while The Laws states that the arts of the Egyptians were no better or worse than those of today ten thousand years ago. However, historians believe that these figures refer to real time, not mythical ages.

#12

The war with Atlantis occurred sometime after the Egyptian sacred records were begun in circa 8570 BCE. The Athenians were then forced by the defection of the rest of the Mediterranean nations to move against the aggressor. They defeated the invaders and freed all the rest of us, including Egypt.

#13

There is no evidence that Solon brought the story of Atlantis to light, and it could be argued that Plato simply used the historical memory of Solon’s visit to Egypt to lend credibility to his narrative.

#14

The story of Atlantis is also mentioned in the works of Plato, who claimed to have learned about it while in Egypt. He may have used it as the basis for his famous dialogues. However, it is difficult to determine whether any of it is fact or fiction.

#15

There is evidence that the Aegean was terrorized by a mixed-race, seaborne confederacy called the Peoples of the Sea in the classical age, which could have influenced Plato’s Atlantis account.

#16

The Aegean answer to Atlantis is flawed, because the dates and dimensions given in the Timaeus and Critias are wrong due to a mistranslation of the assumed Egyptian texts shown to Solon by the old priest of Sais.

#17

The Cretan-Atlantis theory states that Plato’s sunken kingdom was located in the Atlantic Ocean. However, clear statements such as the Atlantic fleet insolently advanced against all Europe and Asia, starting from the Atlantic ocean outside should be enough to convince anyone that Atlantis was not located in the Mediterranean Sea.

#18

The Cretan-Atlantis theory is a mis interpretation of the evidence presented to us by Plato. It is misleading to assume that Atlantis was located anywhere other than beyond the Pillars of Hercules in the Atlantic Ocean.

#19

The Timaeus seems to preserve an archaic memory of ancient voyages both to and from the Americas, and it refers to the Bahamas, the Caribbean, and the Lesser Antilles, which were said to have lain beyond Atlantis.

#20

The Sargasso Sea is an Atlantic region marked by a vast expanse of free-flowing seaweed roughly the size of Europe. It was first discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492.

#21

The Sargasso Sea, which is located in the North Atlantic Ocean, is a perfect description of the Atlantis described by Plato. It is a mass of seaweed, deathly calm, and the rich aquatic life that was seen as wild creatures of the sea.

#22

The Sargasso Sea was the location that Plato believed was the home of the Atlanteans. He believed it was accessible via the islands of the Bahamas, the Caribbean Islands, and the Lesser Antilles.

#23

The theory that Atlantis was located in the British Isles has been proposed recently. If this is true, it would mean that the other islands that were mentioned by Plato were actually encountered by ancient mariners who used the so-called Northwest Passage to reach New England.

#24

There are countless instances of Roman coins being found in New England, and one of the most compelling cases concerns the alleged discovery of Roman relics on a beach at Plum Island, Massachusetts.

#25

The inscribed stones found across the United States suggest that foreign visitors from different cultures traveled to North America and left their mark in a variety of ways. If they are genuine, they imply ancient contact with North America up to 1,800 years before the arrival in Newfoundland of Norse seafarers around the beginning of the eleventh century.

#26

The Azores are a group of nine main islands that lie in the mid-Atlantic Ocean. They form part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which defines the division between tectonic plates. The tips of the very highest of these subterranean mountains protrude from the ocean floor as the principal islands of the Azores.

#27

The O’Briens, a couple who retired to the Azores, believed that the islands were the remnants of a mid-Atlantic continent that sank due to massive cataclysms. They claimed that a series of river valleys that extended for a distance of 288 kilometers before converging together in a larger river basin once existed.

#28

The Azorean landmass theory is problematic. There is now wide-scale acceptance of the continental drift theory, which states that the American and African landmasses were once joined together. This explains the flora and fauna they have in common.

#29

The Atlantis legend was also featured in the second text written by Plato, the Critias. It was either his penultimate work or even the final literary offering he wrote before his death in around 347 BCE.

#30

The Atlantis story in the Critias is different from the one in the Timaeus. It states that the war took place nine thousand years ago, between those who lived outside the Pillars of Hercules and those who lived inside them. The land was then flooded by earthquakes, and is the source of the impassable mud that prevents navigators from advancing into the Ocean.

#31

The Atlantis story was passed down through the generations of Plato’s family. It was originally written by Solon, and he had intended to publish it, but never got around to it.

#32

The island of Atlantis was divided into ten portions to accommodate each of the ten sons. The firstborn, Atlas, was appointed to be the first king of Atlantis. The rest of the princes were granted sovereignty over a large population and the lordship of wide lands.

#33

Atlas was the first god mentioned in Plato’s Atlantis narrative. He was the ruler of all waters, including the seas, rivers, fountains, springs, and, of course, the outer ocean. He was also said to have been able to cause earthquakes at his pleasure.

#34

In the Critias, Plato describes how Atlas, the first king of Atlantis, gained control over the central position of the island. His twin brother was given the extremity of the island off the pillars of Heracles, fronting the region now known as Gadira.

#35

The Pillars of Hercules were likely the same islands that were used by ancient voyagers to reach America. The suggestion that Atlantis gained control of lands within the Pillars of Hercules implies that the empire established itself in both Europe and Libya.

#36

The Critias tells us that the descendants of Atlas were able to retain the throne of Atlantis for many generations, creating a city on the main island that possessed immense natural resources. Stone was quarried in Atlantis, and wild and domesticated animals were found in abundance.

#37

The coconut, a tropical fruit, was probably brought to the Americas by explorers. It was not known how widespread its distribution was before the discovery of the New World, but it is now clear that it was found in Southeast Asia and spread westward until it reached the Pacific coast of South America.

#38

The coconut genus originated in the Americas, but there is no evidence t