The Atlantis Story: A Short History of Plato's Myth

by Pierre Vidal-Naquet

This is the history of the development through the ages of Plato's "Atlantis" story - the imperialist island state that disappeared in a cataclysm, leaving Athens to survive it...Instead of simply focusing on the various attempts to 'find' Atlantis - all of which are futile for the very good reason that Plato made the island up - the author re-examines the very different uses made of the myth in different contexts and periods. He shows how Plato's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859898059
• ISBN13: 9780859898058
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"