Marcos Martinez Hernandez
Martinez Hernandez, Marcos
Marcos Martinez Hernandez was born in the Canary Islands in 1945. He studied there at Laguna University and later at Madrid University, where he received a doctorate in Classical Philology. His academic career eventually brought him back to Laguna University, where he held the Chair of Greek Philology from 1987 until 1999.
He has written a range of articles and books, with one on possible connections between The Canaries and Greek Mythology[384] including Plato’s Atlantis, Isles of the Blest and the Hesperides.
