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Atlantis

Atlantis (Ancient Greek: Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, romanized: Atlantìs nêsos, lit. 'island of Atlas') is a fictional island mentioned in Plato's works Timaeus and Critias as part of an allegory on the hubris of nations. By describing Atlantis as a naval empire from the west that had conquered most of Europe and Libya, Plato purposely created a literary contrast…

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related to Verse narratives · 36
Atlantis → All, An, An Idyllic Re-embodiment, Asian, Beecher's The Lost Atlantis, Cleveland OH, Darwin's, Donnelly's, Eden, Edward, Edward Taylor Fletcher, Garden, Greek, He, Hyperborea, In, In Frederick Tennyson's Atlantis, Its, James Logue Dryden, Lemuria
related to In Europe · 32
Atlantis → Andalusia, Atland, BC, Celtic Shelf, Cádiz, Doggerland, Doñana National Park, Europe, Hartford, He, Huelva, In, Ireland, Ireland's, Lacus Ligustinus, National Geographic Channel, National Museum, North Sea, Olof Rudbeck, Professor Richard Freund
related to Music · 30
Atlantis → Aana, Alan Hovhaness, Court Function, Falla, Fanfare, Four Parts, II, III, IV, Jānis Ivanovs, Love Thee, Manuel, Morning Hymn, New Atlantis, Nocturne, Op, Praise, Richard Nanes, Suite, Symphony
related to Critias · 29
Atlantis → According, Ampheres, Ancient Libya, Asia Minor, Atlantic Ocean, Atlas, Atlas's, Autochthon, Azaes, Cleito, Critias, Diaprepes, Egyptians, Elasippus, Eumelus, Evaemon, Evenor, Fifty, Gadeirus, Greek
related to Utopias and dystopias · 26
Atlantis → America, David Maclean Parry's The, Delarivier Manley, Francis Bacon's New Atlantis, Gibel' Atlantidy, His, In, In Manley's, It, Jesuitism, Mediterranean, Popery, Renaissance, Russia, Scarlet Empire, Socialism, The, The Fall, The New Atalantis, The New Atlantis
related to Ancient versions · 20
Atlantis → Atlantides, Atlas, Critias, Dropides, Egypt, Hellanicus, Hesiod, Homer, In, Instead, Lesbos, Modern, Oxyrhynchus Papyrus, Plato, Plato's Atlantis, Solon, Solon's Atlantis, This, Timaeus, While
related to Modern · 19
Atlantis → Alexander, America, Americas, Aside, Athanasius Kircher, Atlantic Ocean, Contemporary, European, Francis Bacon, Francisco Lopez, From, Gomara, Humboldt, Janus Joannes Bircherod, Mayanism, Modern Age, New World, Plato, Plato's
related to Ancient · 17
Atlantis → AD, Aristotle, But, Crantor, Egypt, Egyptians, He, His, Neoplatonist, Plato, Plato's, Proclus, Proponents, Some, The, Timaeus, Xenocrates
related to Jewish and Christian · 16
Atlantis → Apostolic Fathers, Aristotle's, But, Clement, During, Eternity, Hellenistic Jewish, Hercules, II, Joseph Barber Lightfoot, On, Philo, Plato, The, Theophrastus, World
related to Other locations · 16
Atlantis → Antarctica, Areas, Bahamas, Bermuda Triangle, Caribbean, Cuba, Flavio Barbiero, Guanahacabibes Peninsula, India, Indian Oceans, Indonesia, Kumari Kandam, Pacific, Several, Sundaland, The

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Atlantisis alost land has made of it a metaphor for something no longer attainable0.90text
the failed Athenian invasion of Sicily in 415instance ofdrawing loose inspiration from contemporary events0.80text
Otto Muck'sinstance ofthe statement does not support conclusions0.80text
Julius Evolainstance ofThe idea was followed up by the adherents of Esoteric Nazism0.80text
Sardiniainstance ofislands0.80text
Creteinstance ofislands0.80text
Santoriniinstance ofislands0.80text
these would have been likely material for tales passed from one generation to another for almost a thousand years.In the Atlantic OceanThe location of Atlantis in the Atlantic Ocean has a certain appeal given the closely related namesinstance ofSignificant events0.80text
erosional unloadinginstance ofby geologic processes0.80text
gravitational unloadinginstance ofby geologic processes0.80text
lithospheric flexure induced by adjacent islandsinstance ofby geologic processes0.80text
and volcanic underplating.Various islands or island groups in the Atlantic were also identified as possible locationsinstance ofby geologic processes0.80text

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