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Atlantis: The Complete Guide to the Lost Civilization and Its Legend

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Atlantis: The Complete Guide to the Lost Civilization and Its Legend

The Lost Island and the Search That Never Ended

The complete guide to Atlantis: the lost island Plato described, the philosophical myth behind it, the centuries of searching, and why the most famous lost civilization in history may never have existed at all.

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  • 11 chapters, primary sources
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  • Original ink illustrations
  • Grounded in Plato's own text
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  1. 01The Most Sought Civilization That Never Was
  2. 02What Plato Actually Wrote
  3. 03The Timaeus and the Critias
  4. 04Atlantis as a Philosophical Warning
  5. 05The Island Beyond the Pillars
  6. 06A Day and a Night: The Drowning of Atlantis
  7. 07The Ancient Readers and the First Doubts
  8. 08Atlantis Reborn in the Renaissance
  9. 09The Modern Search and Its Many Locations
  10. 10Santorini, the Minoans and the Kernel of Truth
  11. 11Why Atlantis Will Not Sink

About this book

About this Greek mythology guide

No lost civilization has ever been more sought than one that probably never existed. This is the complete guide to Atlantis, from the actual text of Plato to the centuries of searching.

No lost civilization has ever been more sought than one that probably never existed. Atlantis appears in just two works by the Greek philosopher Plato, written around 360 BC: a mighty island empire beyond the Pillars of Heracles, advanced and proud, which made war on the ancient world and was swallowed by the sea in a single day and night. Plato told it as a moral tale. For more than two thousand years, people have insisted it was real.

This is the complete guide to Atlantis. What Plato actually wrote, and why, in the Timaeus and the Critias; the place of the story in his philosophy as a warning about pride and power; the long history of the search, from ancient readers to Renaissance dreamers to modern pseudo-archaeology; the many places proposed as the real Atlantis, from Santorini to the mid-Atlantic; and the question of why this particular invented island has gripped the human imagination as no real city ever has.

The book separates the text of Plato from the myth it grew into, drawing on the Timaeus and the Critias and the history of the idea, and every chapter cites where it comes from.

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What you will discover inside

  • What Plato actually wrote about Atlantis, and why
  • The two dialogues, the Timaeus and the Critias, that are our only source
  • Why Plato told the story as a warning about pride and power
  • The long search, from Renaissance dreamers to modern pseudo-archaeology
  • Santorini, the Minoans and the real disaster that may lie behind it
  • Why an invented island has gripped us more than any real city

Greek mythology book at a glance

TraditionGreek mythology
Chapters11 chapters
Length170 pages
SourcesDrawn from the primary sources, cited inline
Reading levelBeginner-friendly. Every name and place is explained from scratch
FormatPrint-quality PDF
DeliveryPDF within 24 hours

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About the author

Guillaume Henry, founder of Mythologis

Guillaume Henry

Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Mythologis

Guillaume Henry founded Mythologis to make the world's mythologies readable without losing what makes them strange. Every Mythologis book draws on the primary sources first, cross-references multiple translations, and avoids inventing details that aren't in the originals.

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Questions about the Greek mythology book

When will I receive my PDF?

Within 24 hours of purchase. Your download link arrives in your inbox automatically.

Was Atlantis real?

Almost certainly not as Plato described it, and the book is honest about that. Atlantis appears only in Plato and reads as a philosophical fable. The book takes the legend seriously as a story and a phenomenon without pretending the lost empire was historical.

Is this book based on primary sources?

Yes. The only ancient sources are Plato's Timaeus and Critias, and the book works directly from them, then traces how later writers built the modern myth, with references to the standard translations.

How long is the book?

Eleven chapters, around 170 pages depending on the final layout.

Will there be a paperback on Amazon?

The PDF is available immediately. A KDP paperback edition follows once the book has been validated by readers.

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Yes. The PDF is a digital download, so it works instantly anywhere in the world, with nothing to ship. Where a paperback edition exists, it is sold across Amazon's international marketplaces, with shipping rates and delivery times depending on your country.

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