History of Atlantis (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

Atlantis has fascinated scholars and occultists for centuries since Plato wrote about the sunken city in Timaeus and Critias. Whether Plato was presenting Atlantis as factual history or merely as a philosophical device, Lewis Spences The History of Atlantis has ensured that the fascination with Platos story has continued to the present day. Spence, despite his reputation as a scholar of mythology ...