The Lost City Atlantis Essay -- Mythology

IntroductionWe have all heard about the myth of Atlantis. Its said that Atlantis was an advanced civilization with highly developed economy and technology. But one day, catastrophe occurred in sudden. Atlantis entirely sank beneath the waves in totally one day and one night. In thousands of years, Atlantis has caught the imagination of people from all over the world. M any(prenominal) adventurers, historians and anthropologists spent their whole life trying to open the mystical veil of Atlantis. But has Atlantis ever existed? Description of AtlantisPlato gave the first and principal written account of Atlantis in his dialogues, Critias and Timaeus. In his description, Atlantis was a huge island located near the sound of Gibraltar. In this island, there was a great empire which had flourished more than nine thousand years earlier. Atlantean residents had extraordinary intelligence. Their society was far more advanced than any other civilization at that time. The wealth of Atlant is was so unimaginable that even the walls were covered in gold. Furthermore, Atlantis had a huge trading network and a omnipotent navy. But with the passage of time, the Atlanteans became more and more arrogant, and they even wanted to rule the whole world. They were defeated by brave Athens soldiers. After that, fatal earthquakes and floods occurred in Atlantis and in a single day and night, the island of Atlantis was swallowed up by the sea. Arguments about existence of AtlantisIn 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... ....co.uk. 24 Feb. 2012 . Mystery Quest Lost urban center of Atlantis. Prod. Ryan Miller. DVD. A&E Home Video, 2010. News, CBC. Signs of Atlantis order in southern Spain. CBCnews. 14 Mar. 2011. CBC/Radio Canada. 24 Feb. 2012 . Staff, Msnbc.com, and News Service Reports. Lost city of Atlantis believed found off Spain. Msnbc.com. 14 Mar. 2011. Msnbc Digital Network. 24 Feb. 2012 . Stewart, Iain. Echoes of Platos Atlantis. BBC News. 17 Feb. 2011. BBC. 24 Feb. 2012 .