Autocrat- A Roman History Podcast24 Dec 2023

9- The Lost Continent

In a holdover from when the gods divided the world, we're going to explore a story supposedly set in the 9600s BCE or earlier, with Poseidon's descendants ruling over the mythical island of Atlantis! A story made all the more intriguing by the fact that some people believe it to be true, despite Plato's imagining it for his Dialogues...

Slight correction- we mention Spence's work as published in 1827, but it's 1927- slip of the tongue! The 'missing' reference we allude to is Lord Arundell's 1885 work referenced below.

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