Meet Me in Atlantis: My Obsessive Quest to Find the Sunken City (32 page)

introduction to Atlantis mystery,
113

Malta-as-Atlantis theory of,
113
–15,
126
–28

Malta cart ruts and,
116
–17,
120
,
121
–23,
127

Plato’s dates adjusted by,
118

Minoan Hypothesis.
See also
Santorini or Thera

Frost’s essays,
131
–32

Galanopoulos’s refinement of,
136
–37

Gallo’s introduction to,
150
–51

Knossos excavation,
129
–30

Marinatos’s contribution to,
132
–35

Mavor’s expeditions,
139
–42

problems with,
142
–43

Thera eruption in,
34
,
133
,
281

Mnajdra temple, Malta,
123
–24

Mogador island, Morocco,
237

Morocco

airport security in,
234
–35

archaeologists not interested in,
231
–32

as Atlantis location candidate,
3
–4,
35

author with Hübner in,
1
–4,
234
–44

Cap Ghir caves in,
243

colored stones pulverized for pigment,
231
,
236
–37

concentric rings in,
3
,
231
,
235
–36,
240
,
241
,
243
–44

Festival of the Sacrifice in,
238
–39,
243

Hübner’s theory of Atlantis in,
1
–2,
3
–4

Plato’s numbers matched by,
231
,
235
–36,
241

travel advice from Hübner,
234

Moses

sea crossing by,
138

Thera eruption and,
138
–39,
216
–17

Mountains protecting Atlantis

candidates for,
36

in
Critias
,
24

as hills,
119

in Morocco,
237
–38

Mu,
85

Muck, Otto,
249

Mud volcanoes,
203

Mummies, New World drugs in,
205
–6,
223

Mundus Subterraneus
(Kircher),
259

Music

code in Plato’s works,
264
–65

Pythagorean theory of,
177
–78,
265

of the spheres,
178

symbolism in Atlantis story,
211
–12

Myriad
,
102
,
278

Myth

archaeologists’ avoidance of,
213

Crater Lake explosion in,
215

genuine vs. fabricated,
193
–94

information transmitted through,
214
–15

Masse’s Great Flood research,
252
–53

real places in Homer,
56
,
57

Thera eruption in,
215
–17

vampire,
213
–14

Myth of Er,
14

Mythos
vs.
logos
,
194

NASA’s Near-Earth Object Program,
257
n

Nazi speculations,
86
–88

Nesos
, meanings of,
198
–99

New Archeology,
139

Newgrange,
38

New World

ancient sea crossings to,
208
–9,
219
–24

in Atlantis story of Plato,
204
–5

close-mindedness about discovery of,
219
–20,
222

copper in,
33
,
208
–9

descendents of Atlantis,
41

drugs in Egyptian mummies,
205
–6,
223

Heyerdahl’s
Ra II
expedition,
220

Nicotine in Egyptian mummies,
205
–6

Noah’s ark story,
22
,
36
,
145

Noble Lie of Plato,
14
–15

Nomikos, George

author’s visit with,
157
–69

café of,
158

gifts left by,
169

many projects of,
159
–60

Number mysticism, Pythagorean,
175
,
176
–80

Numbers in Plato’s story.
See also
Dates in Plato’s story

believability of Atlantis and,
9
,
31
–32

Brumbaugh Triangle,
262

of channel surrounding the plain,
40

in
Critias
,
23
,
24
,
263

hieroglyphic symbols for,
137
–38

as a joke,
102

in Morocco,
231
,
235
–36,
241

musical symbolism,
211
–12

myriad
,
102
,
278

odd vs. even numbers,
263
–64

Papamarinopoulos’s theory and,
210
–12

Plato’s Mathematical Imagination
on,
260
–62

Pythagoreanism of Plato,
171
,
174
,
180

as symbols, not data,
276
–77,
278

O’Connell, Tony

Atlantipedia created by,
28
,
29

on Atlantis’s location in relation to the Pillars of Heracles,
32
,
107

on Atlantis speculations,
275
–76

author’s visit with,
28
,
30
,
33
,
37
–38

belief in Plato’s story by,
30
–32,
275

daily routine of,
29
–30

on Diodorus as a source,
232

on Donnelly’s book,
45

home of,
29

on Hübner’s theory,
116
,
229

in Malta,
112
,
114

marriage to Paul,
38
,
112

psychics disliked by,
88

sticking points for,
35
–37

Odyssey
,
56

“On the Legend of Atlantis” (Marinatos),
134

Oracle of Delphi,
228

“Ora Maritima” (“Sea Coasts”),
71
–73

Oronce Finé map,
224
–25,
226

Palmer, Trevor,
245
–47

Papamarinopoulos, Stavros

on ancient sea crossings,
204
–6,
222
,
224

approach to Atlantis from Athens side,
194
–98

Atlantis Hypothesis
essay by,
184

on Atlantis mentions before Plato,
199
–200,
201
–2

author’s visit with,
191
–212

challenges facing,
193

checkerboard canals theory of,
208

contact with Freund by,
207

described,
191
–92

on meaning of
nesos
,
198
–99,
200

Plato’s dates adjusted by,
209
–10

on Plato’s numbers,
210
–12

on the rings of Atlantis,
202
–4

successful searches by,
192

Parian Marble

described,
106

Deucalion flood dated by,
138

Wickboldt on,
105
–6

Pausanias,
61
–62,
185

Pele (volcano goddess),
252

Perilous Planet Earth
(Palmer),
245
–46

Phaedo
(Plato),
171

Phaedrus
(Plato),
21
,
193

Phi
(golden ratio),
269
–72

Philosopher-king idea,
172
,
173
,
265

Phoenicians.
See also
Sea Peoples

Cádiz coast colony of,
64
–65

Mediterranean exploration by,
55

Pillars of Heracles

Atlantis’s location and,
19
,
32
,
107

author’s conclusions about,
280

author’s visit to,
107
–10

early voyages through,
55
,
57
,
59

locations possible for,
19
n,
33
,
110
,
201

Malta-as-Atlantis theory and,
114
–15,
118

Strait of Messina as,
35

Pinatubo eruption,
246
n

Piri Reis map,
89
–90,
224
–26

Piri Reis Map of 1513, The
(McIntosh),
224

Pitman, Walter,
146

Plain abutting Atlantis

channel surrounding,
40

in
Critias
,
24
,
26

Plato.
See also
Atlantis story of Plato;
specific works

Academy founded by,
172
,
181

Allegory of the Cave,
165

aporia
(impasse) in,
273
–74

Aristotle compared to,
6
,
181

Aristotle’s relationship with,
13
–14

arrests in Syracuse,
171
,
173
–74,
188

author compared to,
257
–58

democracy disliked by,
170
–71

dictatorships disliked by,
171

Dionysus II tutored by,
173

Divided Line of,
267
–70

on genuine vs. fabricated myths,
193
–94

geometric logic of,
12
–13

ideal city-state of,
172
–73

influence on Western philosophy by,
6

on the limits of knowledge,
10

musical code in works of,
264
–65

musical symbolism of,
211
–12

Noble Lie of,
14
–15

philosopher-king idea of,
172
,
173
,
265

Pythagoreanism of,
171
,
174
,
180

return to Athens,
172

science defined by,
193

as a top ten philosopher,
5

travels after Socrates’ death,
55
–56,
171

Platonic love,
172
n

“Plato, Pythagoras, and Stichometry” (Bremer),
272

Plato’s Mathematical Imagination
(Brumbaugh),
260
–62

Plutarch,
222

Podarcis filfolensis
lizard,
123

Polyhedrons, elemental,
271
–72

Poseidon

Helike connection to,
185
,
188

Thera eruption and,
215

Poverty Point, LA,
33

Proclus,
222

Proust, Marcel,
155
–56

Pugh, Clive,
264

Pythagoras,
175
–76,
177

Pythagorean diet,
175

Pythagoreanism

aversion to legumes,
260

dogmas of,
175

founding of,
174
–75

harmonic ratios in,
177
–78,
179
–80

influence on
Timaeus
,
178
–80

music of the spheres in,
178

music theory in,
177
–78,
265

number mysticism in,
175
,
176
–80

odd and even numbers in,
263
–64

of Plato,
171
,
174
,
180

Pythagorean Plato, The
(McClain),
266

Pythagorean theorem,
175

Pytheas,
56
–57

Racism, diffusionism as,
221
,
222

Ragnarok
(Donnelly),
52
,
248

Ra II
expedition,
220

Red stone.
See
Tricolor stone

Religions, influence of
Timaeus
on,
13

Renfrew, Colin,
122

Republic
(Plato)

Atlantis story as illustration of ideas in,
190

fragments in Egypt,
218

Golden Age discussed in,
15
–16

ideal city-state in,
172
–73

influence on Western philosophy of,
11

musical code in,
264
–65

Myth of Er in,
14

philosopher-king idea in,
172
,
173
,
265

in
Plato’s Mathematical Imagination
,
261
–62

Rings.
See
Concentric circles or rings

Roller, Duane,
56
,
57
,
59

Russell, Bertrand,
12

Ryan, William,
146

Sacred tetractys,
176
–77,
178
,
276

Sands of Syrtis,
120

Santorini or Thera,
157
–69.
See also
Minoan Hypothesis

author’s tour of,
160
–61

BBC documentary on,
8

date of explosion,
146

eruption of,
34
,
133
,
138
–39,
146
,
215
–17,
281

lost city buried at,
34

magma balloon beneath,
161

Marinatos’s essay on,
133
–34

Mavor’s expeditions to,
139
–42

Moses story connections to,
138
–39,
216
–17

Nea Kameni island,
161

tsunami after eruption,
34
,
147