Description
Book SynopsisPresents the history of development through the ages of Plato's "Atlantis" story - the imperialist island state that disappeared in a cataclysm, leaving Athens to survive it. Instead of simply focusing on the various attempts to 'find' Atlantis, the author re-examines the very different uses made of the myth in different contexts and periods.
Trade ReviewIt certainly deserves the wider market that the English translation ensures.
Harold Tarrant, POLIS: The Journal of the Society for Greek Political Thought, Vol 25, 2 * POLIS: The Journal of the Society for Greek Political Thought, Vol 25, 2 *
Table of Contents
- Foreword to the English Edition
- Introduction
- 1: In the Beginning was Plato
- 2: The Atlantis Theme in Antiquity
- 3: The Return of the Atlantes, 1485-1710
- 4: The Atlantis of the Enlightenment, 1680-1786
- 5: The Great Turning-Point, 1786-1841
- 6: Societies that are Open and those that are Closed
- 7: Interlude: Notes without Music
- 8: Water, Earth and Dreams
- Appendix: Two Articles from 'The Times' of 19 February 1909
- Index of Names
