Allegory Of Atlantis By Timaeus And Critias

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Atlantis is a fictional “lost” city, Originally found in an allegory of Plato’s works, Timaeus and Critias. Described as city protected by Poseidon, who has made his son Atlas king, which gave Atlantis it’s name. Unfortunately, as they grew in power and influence, their ethical conduct shrunk. A city told to be greater than Asia and Libya combined. Located in the Atlantic, “beyond the pillars of Hercules” commonly believed to be the Strait of Gibraltar. The story is the dialogue taking place between Socrates, Hermocrates, Timeaus, and Critias. The story, as told by Critias, is about the conflict between Athens and Atlantis 9,000 years before Plato. Within it the Atlanteans has conquered land masses as far as Egypt and as far as Tyrrhenia.

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