Meet Me in Atlantis: My Obsessive Quest to Find the Sunken City
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Linear B script, 130, 197
Logos vs. mythos, 194
Lost Atlantis (Luce), 196
Luce, John V., 194, 196
Lyceum of Aristotle, 181
MacGillivray, Alexander, 146–48
Malta
as Atlantis candidate, 35, 113–15
author’s conclusions about, 282
author’s visit to, 111–28
bull cults on, 125
cart ruts on, 116–17, 120, 121–23, 127
Eumalos manuscript and, 115–16, 126
Pillars of Heracles and, 114–15, 118
Plato’s dates and, 118, 125–26
Podarcis filfolensis lizard of, 123
strange facts about, 111–12
temples on, 123–24
tour of, 120–28
tricolor stone on, 125
Malta: Echoes of Plato’s Island (Mifsud), 112, 113
Manifest Destiny doctrine, 222
Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings (Hapgood), 89, 226
Marinatos, Spyridon
with Mavor’s expedition, 140, 141
Minoan Hypothesis and, 132–35, 164
search for Helike by, 185, 186
Massaliote Periplus, 72
Masse, W. Bruce
on Atlantis, 254–55
author compared to Plato by, 257–58
author’s visit with, 251–55, 257–58
described, 251–52
Great Flood theory of, 252–54
myth and oral tradition reconsidered by, 252
on the risk of catastrophes, 255–56
on Velikovsky, 257
Mavor, James, 139–42
Maximus of Tyre, 233
McClain, Ernest, 266
McIntosh, Gregory, 224–26
Measurements. See Numbers in Plato’s story
Medinet Habu hieroglyphics, 97, 199–200
Mediterranean
in Anaximander’s map, 58
early exploration of, 55–57, 58–59
Uluburun shipwreck in, 54–55
Meno (Plato), 10, 273–74
Mercator projection maps, 225
Meteors. See also Asteroid impacts
rings caused by, 202–3
in Russia, 247
Mifsud, Anton
character of, 112–13
Hübner admired by, 229
introduction to Atlantis mystery, 113
Malta-as-Atlantis theory of, 113–15, 126–28
Malta cart ruts and, 116–17, 120, 121–23, 127
Plato’s dates adjusted by, 118
Minoan Hypothesis. See also Santorini or Thera
Frost’s essays, 131–32
Galanopoulos’s refinement of, 136–37
Gallo’s introduction to, 150–51
Knossos excavation, 129–30
Marinatos’s contribution to, 132–35
Mavor’s expeditions, 139–42
problems with, 142–43
Thera eruption in, 34, 133, 281
Mnajdra temple, Malta, 123–24
Mogador island, Morocco, 237
Morocco
airport security in, 234–35
archaeologists not interested in, 231–32
as Atlantis location candidate, 3–4, 35
author with Hübner in, 1–4, 234–44
Cap Ghir caves in, 243
colored stones pulverized for pigment, 231, 236–37
concentric rings in, 3, 231, 235–36, 240, 241, 243–44
Festival of the Sacrifice in, 238–39, 243
Hübner’s theory of Atlantis in, 1–2, 3–4
Plato’s numbers matched by, 231, 235–36, 241
travel advice from Hübner, 234
Moses
sea crossing by, 138
Thera eruption and, 138–39, 216–17
Mountains protecting Atlantis
candidates for, 36
in Critias, 24
as hills, 119
in Morocco, 237–38
Mu, 85
Muck, Otto, 249
Mud volcanoes, 203
Mummies, New World drugs in, 205–6, 223
Mundus Subterraneus (Kircher), 259
Music
code in Plato’s works, 264–65
Pythagorean theory of, 177–78, 265
of the spheres, 178
symbolism in Atlantis story, 211–12
Myriad, 102, 278
Myth
archaeologists’ avoidance of, 213
Crater Lake explosion in, 215
genuine vs. fabricated, 193–94
information transmitted through, 214–15
Masse’s Great Flood research, 252–53
real places in Homer, 56, 57
Thera eruption in, 215–17
vampire, 213–14
Myth of Er, 14
Mythos vs. logos, 194
NASA’s Near-Earth Object Program, 257n
Nazi speculations, 86–88
Nesos, meanings of, 198–99
New Archeology, 139
Newgrange, 38
New World
ancient sea crossings to, 208–9, 219–24
in Atlantis story of Plato, 204–5
close-mindedness about discovery of, 219–20, 222
copper in, 33, 208–9
descendents of Atlantis, 41
drugs in Egyptian mummies, 205–6, 223
Heyerdahl’s Ra II expedition, 220
Nicotine in Egyptian mummies, 205–6
Noah’s ark story, 22, 36, 145
Noble Lie of Plato, 14–15
Nomikos, George
author’s visit with, 157–69
café of, 158
gifts left by, 169
many projects of, 159–60
Number mysticism, Pythagorean, 175, 176–80
Numbers in Plato’s story. See also Dates in Plato’s story
believability of Atlantis and, 9, 31–32
Brumbaugh Triangle, 262
of channel surrounding the plain, 40
in Critias, 23, 24, 263
hieroglyphic symbols for, 137–38
as a joke, 102
in Morocco, 231, 235–36, 241
musical symbolism, 211–12
myriad, 102, 278
odd vs. even numbers, 263–64
Papamarinopoulos’s theory and, 210–12
Plato’s Mathematical Imagination on, 260–62
Pythagoreanism of Plato, 171, 174, 180
as symbols, not data, 276–77, 278
O’Connell, Tony
Atlantipedia created by, 28, 29
on Atlantis’s location in relation to the Pillars of Heracles, 32, 107
on Atlantis speculations, 275–76
author’s visit with, 28, 30, 33, 37–38
belief in Plato’s story by, 30–32, 275
daily routine of, 29–30
on Diodorus as a source, 232
on Donnelly’s book, 45
home of, 29
on Hübner’s theory, 116, 229
in Malta, 112, 114
marriage to Paul, 38, 112
psychics disliked by, 88
sticking points for, 35–37
Odyssey, 56
“On the Legend of Atlantis” (Marinatos), 134
Oracle of Delphi, 228
“Ora Maritima” (“Sea Coasts”), 71–73
Oronce Finé map, 224–25, 226
Palmer, Trevor, 245–47
Papamarinopoulos, Stavros
on ancient sea crossings, 204
–6, 222, 224
approach to Atlantis from Athens side, 194–98
Atlantis Hypothesis essay by, 184
on Atlantis mentions before Plato, 199–200, 201–2
author’s visit with, 191–212
challenges facing, 193
checkerboard canals theory of, 208
contact with Freund by, 207
described, 191–92
on meaning of nesos, 198–99, 200
Plato’s dates adjusted by, 209–10
on Plato’s numbers, 210–12
on the rings of Atlantis, 202–4
successful searches by, 192
Parian Marble
described, 106
Deucalion flood dated by, 138
Wickboldt on, 105–6
Pausanias, 61–62, 185
Pele (volcano goddess), 252
Perilous Planet Earth (Palmer), 245–46
Phaedo (Plato), 171
Phaedrus (Plato), 21, 193
Phi (golden ratio), 269–72
Philosopher-king idea, 172, 173, 265
Phoenicians. See also Sea Peoples
Cádiz coast colony of, 64–65
Mediterranean exploration by, 55
Pillars of Heracles
Atlantis’s location and, 19, 32, 107
author’s conclusions about, 280
author’s visit to, 107–10
early voyages through, 55, 57, 59
locations possible for, 19n, 33, 110, 201
Malta-as-Atlantis theory and, 114–15, 118
Strait of Messina as, 35
Pinatubo eruption, 246n
Piri Reis map, 89–90, 224–26
Piri Reis Map of 1513, The (McIntosh), 224
Pitman, Walter, 146
Plain abutting Atlantis
channel surrounding, 40
in Critias, 24, 26
Plato. See also Atlantis story of Plato; specific works
Academy founded by, 172, 181
Allegory of the Cave, 165
aporia (impasse) in, 273–74
Aristotle compared to, 6, 181
Aristotle’s relationship with, 13–14
arrests in Syracuse, 171, 173–74, 188
author compared to, 257–58
democracy disliked by, 170–71
dictatorships disliked by, 171
Dionysus II tutored by, 173
Divided Line of, 267–70
on genuine vs. fabricated myths, 193–94
geometric logic of, 12–13
ideal city-state of, 172–73
influence on Western philosophy by, 6
on the limits of knowledge, 10
musical code in works of, 264–65
musical symbolism of, 211–12
Noble Lie of, 14–15
philosopher-king idea of, 172, 173, 265
Pythagoreanism of, 171, 174, 180
return to Athens, 172
science defined by, 193
as a top ten philosopher, 5
travels after Socrates’ death, 55–56, 171
Platonic love, 172n
“Plato, Pythagoras, and Stichometry” (Bremer), 272
Plato’s Mathematical Imagination (Brumbaugh), 260–62
Plutarch, 222
Podarcis filfolensis lizard, 123
Polyhedrons, elemental, 271–72
Poseidon
Helike connection to, 185, 188
Thera eruption and, 215
Poverty Point, LA, 33
Proclus, 222
Proust, Marcel, 155–56
Pugh, Clive, 264
Pythagoras, 175–76, 177
Pythagorean diet, 175
Pythagoreanism
aversion to legumes, 260
dogmas of, 175
founding of, 174–75
harmonic ratios in, 177–78, 179–80
influence on Timaeus, 178–80
music of the spheres in, 178
music theory in, 177–78, 265
number mysticism in, 175, 176–80
odd and even numbers in, 263–64
of Plato, 171, 174, 180
Pythagorean Plato, The (McClain), 266
Pythagorean theorem, 175
Pytheas, 56–57
Racism, diffusionism as, 221, 222
Ragnarok (Donnelly), 52, 248
Ra II expedition, 220
Red stone. See Tricolor stone
Religions, influence of Timaeus on, 13
Renfrew, Colin, 122
Republic (Plato)
Atlantis story as illustration of ideas in, 190
fragments in Egypt, 218
Golden Age discussed in, 15–16
ideal city-state in, 172–73
influence on Western philosophy of, 11
musical code in, 264–65
Myth of Er in, 14
philosopher-king idea in, 172, 173, 265
in Plato’s Mathematical Imagination, 261–62
Rings. See Concentric circles or rings
Roller, Duane, 56, 57, 59
Russell, Bertrand, 12
Ryan, William, 146
Sacred tetractys, 176–77, 178, 276
Sands of Syrtis, 120
Santorini or Thera, 157–69. See also Minoan Hypothesis
author’s tour of, 160–61
BBC documentary on, 8
date of explosion, 146
eruption of, 34, 133, 138–39, 146, 215–17, 281
lost city buried at, 34
magma balloon beneath, 161
Marinatos’s essay on, 133–34
Mavor’s expeditions to, 139–42
Moses story connections to, 138–39, 216–17
Nea Kameni island, 161
tsunami after eruption, 34, 147
Satellite archaeology, 149
Schliemann, Heinrich, 41–43, 129, 130
Schulten, Adolf, 62, 81
“Sea Coasts” (“Ora Maritima”), 71–73
Sea of Reeds, 138
Sea Peoples
Atlanteans as, 95, 97
boats of, 200
invasion of Egypt by, 279–80
Secret of Atlantis, The (cartoon), 94–95
Secret of Atlantis, The (Muck), 249
Shoals
Aristotle on, 182
in Critias, 21
impassability of, 36
likeliest candidate for, 280–81
Sands of Syrtis, 120
in Timaeus, 19
Short History of Myth, A (Armstrong), 194
Silence Principle, 218, 261
Smith, William, 222
Socrates
death of, 171
Delphic oracle story, 228
on true and false stories, 285
on the truth of the Atlantis story, 239
writing discredited by, 21
Solon, as Atlantis story source, 18, 20, 30–31, 77
Some Words About the Legend of Atlantis (Marinatos), 135
Soter, Steven, 186–87
Soul parts, Plato’s, 261–62
Spanuth, Jürgen, 95
Stichometry, 264
Strabo, 56–57, 184
Strait of Messina, 35
Symposium (Plato), 167
Syntagma Square protest, Athens, 182–83
Syracuse, arrests of Plato in, 171, 173–74, 188
Tarshish, Tartessos as, 62
Tartessos. See also Cádiz coast; Doñana National Park
as Atlantis candidate, 201
author’s conclusions about, 283–84
Cancho Roano site, 68, 75
early voyages to, 59
in Finding Atlantis documentary, 60, 61, 63–64
Herodotus on, 57, 58, 61
historical record for, 61–62
as model for Atlantis, 34
as Tarshish, 62
Villarias’s search for, 70–71
Taylor, A. E., 186
Tetractys, sacred, 176–77, 178, 276
Thera. See Santorini or Thera
Through the Pillars of Herakles (Roller), 56
Thule, discovery of, 56–57
Timaeus (Plato)
Atlantis story summary, 17–19
cataclysms discussed in, 15, 18, 247
confusing nature of, 11–12
cosmology in, 12–13, 57, 58
Crantor’s commentary on, 179
dates in, 263
Divine Craftsman in, 179, 180, 265
elemental polyhedrons in, 271–72
geometric logic in, 12–13
golden section in, 270, 272
ideal state mentioned in, 170
Masse on, 254
obscurity of, 11
overarching theme of, 284
proved data in, 198
Pythagorean influence in, 178–80
religions influenced by, 13
as a speculative work, 276
World-Soul in, 179, 180
Titanic, 148, 154
Tricolor stone
author’s conclusions about, 279
in Critias, 23
formed along with craters, 203
on Malta, 125
in Santorini, 137
Triremes, 39, 97
Troy, discovery of, 42, 43
Trump, David, 121
Tsunamis. See also Floods
Burckle Crater impact and, 251
chevrons as evidence of, 251
Doñana evidence of, 64
Greek cymatosyrmos term for, 202
in Hübner’s Atlantis theory, 2
Iberian Peninsula, 76, 80
from Krakatoa eruption, 133
Moses’s crossing of the sea and, 138
Thera eruption and, 34, 147
Tunguska River impact, Russia, 256
Uluburun shipwreck, 54–55
Uniformitarianism, 248
Valletta, 120–21
Vampire myth, 213–14
Vardulakis, Antonis, 264
Velikovsky, Immanuel, 248–49, 257
Ventris, Michael, 197
Villarias-Robles, Juan
author’s visit with, 69–78
on Avienus, 71–73
as Doñana organizer, 69, 73
Finding Atlantis rebuttal by, 70
interest in Atlantis by, 77–78
search for Tartessos by, 70–71, 73–74
Volcanic explosivity index (VEI), 246
Voyage to Atlantis (Mavor), 143
Voynich Manuscript, 259–60
Wachsmann, Shelley, 200
When They Severed Earth from the Sky (Barber), 213, 214
Whitehead, Alfred North, 6