A01=Paul Jordan
atlantis mythology
Author_Paul Jordan
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classical times
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italian poet
medieval
middle ages
plato
Product details
- ISBN 9780750935180
- Weight: 320g
- Dimensions: 127 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 11 Dec 2003
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This work unravels the whole Atlantis mythology, starting with the first reference to it in the works of Plato in about 360BC. It follows the evolution of the idea through classical times and the Middle Ages, and shows how the modern approach to the story was pioneered by an Italian poet in 1530.
Paul Jordan read Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge University and was for many years a writer and producer of television programmes about science, history and archaeology with both the BBC and Independent Television. He is the author of Neanderthal, Early Man, Riddles of the Sphinx, The Face of the Past (Batsford) and Egypt the Black Land (Phaidon) .He lives in Spain.
