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Originally posted by faculae
Hellanicus of Lesbos was an ancient greek historian. His fragment named "Atlantis" in the posession of Princeton does not refer to Plato's 'Atlantis.'
It is regarding the "Atlantides," the Seven Daughters of Atlas in Greek mythology. They are typically personified as islands. So that tiny bit of paper found on the previous page in this string, written in ancient Greek cursive, is merely a small bitty about the commonly known Greek myth of Atlas; the man who supports the dome of the heavens and his seven female offspring. Its not some long lost document corroborating Plato's claim of a prehistoric utopia.
I don't blame anyone for the excited confusion. Its easy to do.
"Atlantides" is a feminine plural of the singular, "Atlantide." Hellanicus calls them "Atlantis" instead, using a sungular masculine proper noun to sum up the sisters as if they were one thing. Its a translation meaning the same thing, "of Atlas " only with a different gender. This misnomer is fine if it weren't for the choas Plato caused by naming a fantastic island the same thing a hundred yrs later. In essence they both used the right word, but the one with a deeper meaning has a greater draw of mystery for obvious reasons. In turn Hellanicus definition was eclipsed by Plato's sensationalism.
It would be a lot like you writing a story involving a place called the "Capital." In your story the capital refers to Washington D.C. and you talk about the day to day in that city and how America functions politically. Although your book never mentions the words "Washington D.C." it is easy to assume those words because you know the word America, Senate, Congress. It puts it all in a well understood context. For you making that distinction is easy with out having to actually write the name "Washington D.C."
Hundreds of yrs later someone writes a work of fiction, a far more popular story, using the same name of "Capital" to describe this fantastic place that no one has ever seen. If several thousand yrs passed and a person who had never heard the word Captial picked up both your stories, it would be fair to assume that they would think both works were discussing one in the same. I also think it is fair to assume that most of you are unable to understand translated ancient Greek in the context it was originally meant. Most of us just do not posess the knowledge to read it that way.
Today it appears, despite this language barrier, people still really want to think that Hellanicus was writting about Plato's long lost "Atlantis." Truth is, factully, Plato hadn't invented it yet. He wasn't even born. Sorry to pop anyone's hopes about the "other" Atlantis document ...
If you want to read the full story on the "Atlantides" see here:
en.wikipedia.org...
[edit on 1-6-2006 by faculae]
[edit on 1-6-2006 by faculae]
Originally posted by Funkydung
the highest ranking freemasons aquired secret esoteric knowledge centuries ago that came from atlantis. this is the secret info that they guard so well. this knowledge is the reason for their power and control. they came across this knowledge in ancient egypt by way of lucifer and his angels and has been passed on to this day. this is the reason for the pyrimid symbol they have put on our currency...the birthplace of the vision. the vision? to bring about the "new atlantis." an global utopia. a new world order. thier plan is in full effect.
Originally posted by EdenKaia
Originally posted by Funkydung
the highest ranking freemasons aquired secret esoteric knowledge centuries ago that came from atlantis. this is the secret info that they guard so well. this knowledge is the reason for their power and control. they came across this knowledge in ancient egypt by way of lucifer and his angels and has been passed on to this day. this is the reason for the pyrimid symbol they have put on our currency...the birthplace of the vision. the vision? to bring about the "new atlantis." an global utopia. a new world order. thier plan is in full effect.
If it weren't for the policy against one liner answers, I would most likely not even dignify this with a full response. However, considering that policy, let me first say that what you've just stated is not backed up by any form of fact, and could not possibly be. I, personally, am more than willing to listen(read) any argument, so long as it is presented in a logical and factual way. Please see here for a more detailed post on the subject of the Freemason's role in the Seal of the United States:
How the Freemasons Had NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SEAL ON THE DOLLAR BILL!
if you think that the seal is somehow a christian symbol you are mistaken. where in the history of christianity do you find this symbol? if this country was founded by christians where are all the figures of jesus christ and the deciples in washington and other places around our country?? there are none. there is however the erect penis of baal (washington monument) and his wife (statue of liberty) that we proudly display...and that is just another example of freemasonry and their roots...which by the way come from ancient egypt. they know where they come from and display it in front of us all. and it all goes back to the knowledge that was given to the first freemasons...the esoteric knowledge. do any research you like on egypt and atlantis..
It has most definately been done. As for the Christian/Freemason founder concept. You said that the country was founded by Freemasons, and that it was not founded by Christians. Considering that being a Christian is a bit of a pre-req to becoming a Freemason, I wonder how you came to this conclusion? Tell you what, I can see that this could become a serious debate with you, so why not continue it formally?
do any research I want on egypt and atlantis..
Originally posted by EdenKaia
There is an interesting link here as well for those that would contend that Plato must be creating the story, under the argument that the Egyptians had no history of Atlantis. Read the text under the heading Egypt and the Origin of the Legend of Atlantis
Histories of Atlantis
Here is one that breaks down the description of Plato's Atlantis into a geographical model of the city. It also discusses the parentage of the island nation as it was translated by Solon before passing the story down. It makes me wonder though, if the story was gleaned from the Egyptians, who it is said only translated the story themselves, where did they get the story from?
homepage.mac.com...
Here is the original that I mislinked:
www.atlan.org...
I know this is only a theoretcial compilation, but then, that is all we can really do anyway.
Originally posted by EdenKaia
Here is one that breaks down the description of Plato's Atlantis into a geographical model of the city. It also discusses the parentage of the island nation as it was translated by Solon before passing the story down. It makes me wonder though, if the story was gleaned from the Egyptians, who it is said only translated the story themselves, where did they get the story from?
homepage.mac.com...
Here is the original that I mislinked:
Possible History of Atlantis
Originally posted by EdenKaia
With my statement about Solon's attainment of the story and the Egyptians, I was not implying that the Egyptians themselves were around during the time of Plato's Atlantis, but moreover that the Egyptians already had a myth refering to something similar when Solon would have journyed there around 600 B.C.
(My emphasis.)
Solon marvelled at his words, and earnestly requested the priests to inform him exactly and in order about these former citizens. You are welcome to hear about them, Solon, said the priest, both for your own sake and for that of your city, and above all, for the sake of the goddess who is the common patron and parent and educator of both our cities. She founded your city a thousand years before ours, receiving from the Earth and Hephaestus the seed of your race, and afterwards she founded ours, of which the constitution is recorded in our sacred registers to be eight thousand years old.
Originally posted by EdenKaiaIn their myth there was an ancient land called Keftiu,(Think I got that right) which was a nation said to contain one of the pillars that held up their sky. I believe it was also an Island Nation, as Plato describes. They were supposed to be extremely advanced for their time and dominated all the other lands around them. They were a seafaring people that held trade all over the known world. This is most likely what Solon was refering to, and seems to tie in quite a bit with Plato's descriptions. The earliest Egyptian records of this are from the third millenium, but disappeared around the time of Tutmosis the III. In their story, their homeland is destroyed by some great cataclysm, and they then are forced to migrate to Philistia. Now, granted, this would lend credit to the Minoan theory, given the similarities and likelihood that Keftiu refers to Minoan Crete.
Keftiu in Egyptian means “pillar,” and is the same as the Akkadian Kap-ta-ra, a land beyond the upper sea. It is also the same as Biblical Caphtor. Caphtor means “pillar” in Hebrew. Caphtor is called an island in Jeremiah 47:4. The Philistines are said to come from Caphtor in Amos 9:7. Philistines are called Cretans in Zephaniah 2:5, Ezekiel 25:16 and I Samuel 30:14. In Ugaritic Caphtor is the home of craftsman Kotar wa Hassis (CTA3.6:14-15=UT ‘nt). In Egyptian texts Keftiu is described with “isles of the Great Green” The Great Green is the Mediterranean Sea, so it refers to Crete and the islands of the Aegean Sea (p.53). Keftiu is said to be in the midst of the Great Green Sea.
It seems that Keftiu was considered to be the pillar at the ends of the earth that held up the sky. The worship of sacred pillars was prevalent in Minoan Crete. Plato would have equated this with Atlas from which we get Atlantis. Solon probably misunderstood the Egyptian record of the Minoans (p.56).
etc... I vistited all of the sites you listed, and if fact came to my conclusion after reading through most of them. I agree that Plato was only using the histories gleaned from Solon's travels to Egypt to make a point, but I do not believe that this point was a critique of Athens, at least not in the same light as is being implied. What he layed out IMO was a historically accurate account, at least so far as he was concerned, embellished a bit for the sake of his point. I've tended to sway more towards the idea that he was making Atlantis out to be sort of a doppleganger of Athens itself, the peaceful nation versus the non;pros and cons of a singular society in which two warring factions of that way of life bring about a moral insight. Nevertheless, I believe he was referring to a real historical event, and not something he just invented, as has been suggested here before. Stretched maybe, but not invented.
traveled to Philistia after catastrophe