2. ABOUT ATLANTIS
ﻯATLANTIS IS A LEGENDARY
ISLAND.
ﻯPLATO BELIEVED THAT ATLANTIS
WAS IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
NEAR THE AZORES.
ﻯTHE SECOND THEORY PLACES
ATLANTIS IN THE BAHAMAS.
ﻯTHE THIRD THEORY PUTS
ATLANTIS IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN, NEAR CRETE.
3. PLATO
ﻯPLATO WAS A CLASSICAL
GREEK PHILOSOPHER,
MATHEMATICIAN, AND
FOUNDER OF THE
ACADEMY IN ATHENS.
ﻯPLATO WAS ORIGINALLY A
STUDENT OF SOCRATES.
4. PLATO’S IDEA
ﻯIN SOME OF HIS WORK
HE DESCRIBED A
WONDERFUL
CONTINENT. IT WAS
CALLED ATLANTIS. IT
WAS LIKE HEAVEN. THE
PEOPLE WERE
HARDWORKING AND
RELIGIOUS. THEY
RESPECTED THE LAW.
7. THE END OF ATLANTIS
ﻯATLANTIS SANK INTO THE
OCEAN "IN A SINGLE DAY
AND NIGHT OF
MISFORTUNE“ BECAUSE THE
PEOPLE CHANGED THEIR
LIFESTYLE AND BECAME
GREEDY.
ﻯTHE MYSTERY OF THE LOST
CONTINENT REMAINS
UNSOLVED.
8. OTHER IDEAS ABOUT ATLANTIS
ﻯIN 1882 DONNELLY
COLLECTED ALL THE
INFORMATION HE COULD
FIND ABOUT THE LOST
CONTINENT ATLANTIS AND
PUBLISHED A BOOK ABOUT IT.
ﻯHE BELIEVED THAT ALL THE
CIVILISATIONS CAME FROM
ATLANTIS.
9. ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE
ﻯATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE IS A
2001 AMERICAN ANIMATED FILM
PRODUCED BY WALT DISNEY
FEATURE ANIMATION.
ﻯTHE FILM TELLS THE STORY OF A
YOUNG LINGUIST WHO GAINS
POSSESSION OF A SACRED BOOK
WHICH HE BELIEVES WILL GUIDE
HIM TO THE MYTHICAL CITY OF
ATLANTIS.