George A. Sarantitis: Plato's Atlantis

What you are about to read in these pages, is part of a long and systematic research begun with the intention of re-examining Plato’s works of Timaeus and Critias.

Its original objective was exceeded by some of those achieved. The idea was to make a connotatively accurate translation through which to examine the logic of the ancient Greek myths and of Plato the Rationalist in the role of Mythographer. This sort of translation is probably without precedence. It is certainly not commercially viable at this stage. But it does provide the accurate sense of every word, phrase, line, paragraph and passage of the ancient text. To ‘study the logic of myths’, means to conduct an examination of a mythical account in order to see whether it contains connotations, terms, expressions or a particular form of writing in which can be identified possible axioms, laws, principles and rules or perhaps a systemic procedure that allows the taxonomy of what is true and what is false.

To ‘study the logic of Plato’, means to seek the rationale of the mythographer and what method (if any) he applied when writing a myth and to determine whether he combined truths and falsehoods and if so, why.Ultimately, to study what a myth is in purpose and in function because the Ancient Greek Myths have shown that contain many and important true information. So, why one should write such a true story in a such way that looks false?Plato was preferred because he has always been regarded as the representation of Rationalism, which somehow seems incompatible with creative writing. Accordingly, the myth chosen as the most appropriate for examination was that of Atlantis because of its workable length -neither too long nor short-, its descriptive elements and the acknowledged authenticity of its author Plato.
The results of this taxing, in every aspect, investigation, as the reader will quickly come to appreciate from simply reading the information herein, were entirely unexpected and cannot be regarded as anything less than astounding.(As a whole, the cost of the first research has exceeded € 200.000 and has run into thousands of man-hours. Besides the wealth of information here, there’s much more and just as rich.)Although the project’s initial intent was to study the logic in myths and mythographers and which study yielded an unexpected amount of data as well as a formal structure to myths, the investigation went on to lead to somewhere completely different and by so doing, reward the author with a magnificent prize (amongst many), namely, the full decipherment of the myth of Atlantis and revelation of the whole truth!There now remains for the archaeologists to confirm these groundbreaking findings since, History seeks the truth, while Archaeology seeks the evidence.

The two parts of the Methodology of Mythology (MoM1 and MoM2) that follow are in brief outline and almost exactly as when presented at an international conference of Philosophy and at other scientific meetings and scholarly proceedings, where they made excellent impressions to corresponding acclaim. They reveal a hitherto unknown dimension to myths, at least to those written by Plato and Homer. It is the application of a singular method which sorts out the truths and falsehoods contained in the myth. The MoM also revealed a way of writing which conceals information in outwardly straightforward text, information that would have been discernable only to whoever had been instructed as to this esoteric form of writing.The third part of the project is about Atlantis and its analysis in the book ‘The Apocalypse* of a Myth’. It deals with the decipherment of the myth and the identification of Atlantis as a physical entity. The reader of this site is recommended to go first into MoM1 & 2 and then into the part on Atlantis. It is not obligatory to follow this sequence but it will facilitate the reader’s realization that the recount of Atlantis is not a ‘regular’ story and has much hidden beneath the surface, even a tiny part is presented here. Certainly, Plato’s reports do not make for straightforward or easy comprehension. If they did, the ambiguity surrounding Atlantis for the past ~2.300 years would not have remained so mystifying, simply because it would have been resolved long ago. The reader of this website will almost certainly come to appreciate the words of warning and prior notice as to the aptitude for rational thought that Plato demands of his reader.The same challenges in comprehension apply to the completed and comprehensive book ‘The Apocalypse* of a Myth’.

A limited advance edition was published in Greek while the main and updated edition is in English. As assessed by many of the 200 or so test readers of the Greek edition, most being graduates from institutions of higher learning, the book ranges from decidedly thought provoking to highly exciting (for all Scientific fields) even if indeed challenging. Most who sought to fully understand all that the book contains admitted to reading it at least twice in full while going over certain aspects of it several times. It was truly gratifying to hear by many that they placed the book amongst those most often visited in their library, because of the plethora of useful information it contains in general for anyone wishing to delve further into ancient historical events or even for philosophical perspectives, irrespective of the Atlantis storyline.

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