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THE LEGEND OF ATLANTIS
All of us have heard about the legend of Atlantis, that lost
continent. There have been songs written about it as well as a
motion picture dedicated to that legendary power.
There is a story thousand of years old about a lost island in the
Atlantic Ocean. The story was told by the ancient Greeks, and had
been handed down from father to son for many generations before the
Greek philosopher Plato wrote a famous story about it, about 375 BC.
The island of Atlantis, according to Plato’s story, was really a
series of island. Imagine in the center a hill, surrounded by a ring
of water; the ring of water surrounded by a circle island, then
another ring of water and nine of land. Neptune, god of the sea had
created the islands, for Cleito, his beloved. From their children
the king and people of Atlantis were descended. The islands were
very rich, and the people content. The city was built of black and
red stone; the roofs of the houses were of red copper and flashed in
the sun; and there were two beautiful temples, one surrounded by a
golden wall and the other with silver walls, golden pinnacles, and a
roof of ivory. Excavations on Santorini by the late Greek
archaeologist Spyros Marinatos, which began in 1967, have brought to
light many artifacts which point to a huge volcanic destruction some
3.500 years ago. The digging has revealed a kingdom of a highly
civilized people. The Egyptian papyri which Solon and Plato
translated describe Atlantis as a kingdom ruled by a central
government. This same system has already been proved to exist in
Minoan Crete. The description of the island formation also
corresponds to that of Santorini before the volcanic eruption. And
speaking of the volcanic eruption, scholar Angelos Galanopoulos says
that the energy created by the eruption in 1500 BC on Santorini was
700 times more than the electrical power used by the entire world in
one year! The last eruption on the island happened in 1950 and
lasted two months. Today the island is quiet.
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