Hermione Wrote:
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> It's a tale named after the city ruled over by
> King Atlas, mortal son of Poseidon and Asia (or
> Clymene).
-- That's not what it is. Not at all. It's a "civilizer" myth. Just like Plato's Minos. The term Atlantis is feminine. I missed the symbology. Atlantia is the "lady of Peace".
> Why would Plato, a philosopher concerned about the
> fate of contemporary Athens, have been interested
> in Aahotep?
-- She's Demeter. The Athenians called her Artemis. Her story would have been written in that temple in Athens. She's the greatest greek civilizer of them all.
> You've found another source pre-dating Plato that
> describes the city of Atlantis?
-- Aeschylus tells us where she went. Canopus. Plato went there. He described what he saw.
> Pharos, according to your website ... of which
> this is a reconstruction. Doesn't look all that
> much like Atlantis to me ...
-- Strabo's description is a match.
> Besides, what leads you to believe that Plato was
> not capable of inventing and describing the
> details of an imaginary place?
-- He didn't have to. He wrote what he saw.
>
> I can show you evidence of Greek
> > contact. Argive contact.
>
> And ... ??
-- And what?
> I can show you a fresco
> > in Avaris of her.
>
> I presume you mean Aahotep ...
-- Of a minoan princess, that Bietak linked to Aahotep.
> If the mythological timeline you've constructed
> has no relevance to our discussion, however, there
> seems little point.
-- We don't need the timeline to figure out when Aahotep died. Which is 900 years before Solon. The Parian Marble has the chronology of the Athenian Kings mentioned in the story. It overlaps.
> > I can show you evidence of Athenian contact
> at
> > the time. Athenian Orichalcum.
>
> So?
-- It's a detail in the story. It's been found.
> Actually, it's not up to anyone here to do
> anything at all;
-- This is the Hall of Maat. A place I'm very proud to call home. A place where we weigh theories. Shoot down bad ones. Create New History together.
> besides, I'm growing tired of
> asking questions and not receiving proper answers.
-- Trying.
> Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof:
-- That's what I've done. I learned it from the best. I learned it from here.
> and it is up to you to provide supporting evidence
> for your ideas. What many people with a new
> theory might want to do, of course, is to write a
> paper and submit it to a peer-reviewed journal.
-- I intend to fill in the blanks. The journal is a good idea. Thanks for the advice. There are no better people than here. No better Atlantis peers. I learned my craft here. I learned it from yous. I'll probably submit it to the Milos Conference. There's Georgeos and Atalante and AtlantisRising.com. They helped me alot, too.
Any other questions I've missed... please re-ask.
Identifying the Greek Goddess Demeter as a real person with a real mummy... I think that's pretty neat.
YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Edited 7 time(s). Last edit at 10/29/2009 08:05PM by rich.
