Atlantis

<p>2024 Reprint of the 1946 Edition. ?Facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software<em>. </em> In this volume Hall interprets Plato's account of Atlantis in his <em>Critias </em>and <em>Timaeus</em>. A diagram of the Orphic Key to the Atlantic Fable is included as well as a bibliography. The most famous of all accounts describing the condition of Atlantis and the causes for its destruction are to be found in the <em>Critias</em> and <em>Timaeus</em> of Plato. Most modern books dealing with the problem of Atlantis are built upon Plato s description. The integrity and learning of this great philosopher cannot easily be assailed. Had it not been for the weight of Plato s authority the whole subject would have been discredited by modern archeologists. There is however in fairness to both sides of the controversy a certain weakness in Plato's story. The thoughtful reader is impressed immediately by the allegorical and symbolical parts of the account. While these do not detract from the possibility that an Atlantic continent actually existed they do present the necessary elements for an alternative interpretation. The anti-Atlantists contend that in the <em>Critias</em> Plato takes a flight into fiction in the words of Plutarch manuring the little seed of the Atlantis myth which Solon had discovered in the Egyptian temples.</p>