SOSC 1731 Lecture 4: SOSC 1732 Aegean Legacy of Atlantis Notes
29 Mar 2016
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1628 b. c: people of theora are leaving their island home because they"re so afraid. They leave behind their wheat, olives, wine, etc, but they take their gold & jewels. Feel that earth is trembling beneath them; this is no ordinary earthquake. They think they"ll return but they don"t. A volcanic eruption destroys their town, yet memories remain. Footsteps - this island & its occupants must have left the powers of the region awestruck. Egyptian"s travelled here but found nothing but an island. Many centuries later, a legend will develop of a utopian society that disappeared into the sea: atlantis. Greek philosopher plato told a story that came from egypt: handed down from solan, who met an egyptian priest who said that these books contained stories about atlantis, & said that a civilization had developed. There was great power in atlantis; the people had a certain fineness of mind & treated each other with wisdom.
