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NEWS October 2024
OCTOBER 2024 The recent cyber attack on the Internet Archive is deplorable and can be reasonably compared with the repeated burning of the Great Library of Alexandria. I have used the Wayback Machine extensively, but, until the full extent of the permanent damage is clear, I am unable to assess its effect on Atlantipedia. At […]Read More »
Joining The Dots
I have now published my new book, Joining The Dots, which offers a fresh look at the Atlantis mystery. I have addressed the critical questions of when, where and who, using Plato’s own words, tempered with some critical thinking and a modicum of common sense.Read More »
The Critias Atlanticus
Davis, Henry
Rev. Henry Davis together with Henry Cary (1804-1870) and George Burges (1786-1864) in the 19th century published a translation of all of Plato’s works in six volumes. Davis’ translation of Critias was recently included in The Critias Atlanticus.
His translation of both the Critias and Timaeus is now available(a) as a free ebook. The Reverend gentleman displayed little Christian Charity when in the Introduction he described the translation of Thomas Taylor as “uncouth, obscure, un-English and often extremely erroneous.”
(a) https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TXkXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA411&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
Stewart, John Alexander
John Alexander Stewart (1846-1933) was a Scottish philosopher and classical scholar. One of his best known works is The Myths of Plato[1512]. He believed that the Atlantis story was an invention. His translation of Critias is one of seven translations included in The Critias Atlanticus(a).