![]() ![]() ![]() The dialogues claim to quote Solon, who visited Egypt between 590 and 580 BC they state that he translated Egyptian records of Atlantis. The only primary sources for Atlantis are Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias all other mentions of the island are based on them. ![]() Others have rejected this chain of tradition as implausible and insist that Plato created an entirely fictional account, drawing loose inspiration from contemporary events such as the failed Athenian invasion of Sicily in 415–413 BC or the destruction of Helike in 373 BC. This led a number of scholars to investigate possible inspiration of Atlantis from Egyptian records of the Thera eruption, the Sea Peoples invasion, or the Trojan War. Plato is known to have freely borrowed some of his allegories and metaphors from older traditions, as he did, for instance, with the story of Gyges. While present-day philologists and classicists agree on the story's fictional character, there is still debate on what served as its inspiration. As a consequence, Atlantis has become a byword for any and all supposed advanced prehistoric lost civilizations and continues to inspire contemporary fiction, from comic books to films. Plato's vague indications of the time of the events (more than 9,000 years before his time ) and the alleged location of Atlantis ("beyond the Pillars of Hercules") gave rise to much pseudoscientific speculation. Donnelly in his Atlantis: The Antediluvian World. On the other hand, nineteenth-century amateur scholars misinterpreted Plato's narrative as historical tradition, most famously Ignatius L. The allegorical aspect of Atlantis was taken up in utopian works of several Renaissance writers, such as Francis Bacon's New Atlantis and Thomas More's Utopia. The story concludes with Atlantis falling out of favor with the deities and submerging into the Atlantic Ocean.ĭespite its minor importance in Plato's work, the Atlantis story has had a considerable impact on literature. In the story, Athens repels the Atlantean attack unlike any other nation of the known world, supposedly bearing witness to the superiority of Plato's concept of a state. Micropolis, 2008 Tycoon City: New York, 2006 (Deep Red Studios) Utopia, 1982 (Intellivision) Utopia, 1991 (Gremlin Graphics) Tropico Tropico (2001), Tropico: Paradise Island (expansion pack) Tropico 2: Pirate Cove Glory of the Roman Empire, 2006 and its sequel Imperium Romanum, 2008 (Haemimont Games) CivCity: Rome, by Firefly Studios and Firaxis Lincity (open source) Atocity OpenCity (open source) Dwarf Fortress, Free to download and in constant development Games that incorporate city building Spore Outpost (1994) Sci-Fi version of SimCity by Sierra City building series by Impressions Games, BreakAway Games and Tilted Mill Entertainment Caesar, Caesar II, Caesar III, Caesar IV Pharaoh, Cleopatra Zeus, Poseidon Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile Hybrid city-building games The Settlers Series (1993) The Settlers II (1996) & RLS Gold Edition The Settlers III (1998) The Settlers IV (2001) The Settlers : Heritage of Kings (2005) Stronghold Hybrid with RTS elements ActRaiser Hybrid with side-scrolling platform game The Anno Series, Hybrid with RTS elements Anno 1602, Anno 1503, Anno 1701, Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery, Anno 1404 set to be released in 2009.Atlantis ( Ancient Greek: Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, Atlantis nesos, "island of Atlas") is a fictional island mentioned in an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works Timaeus and Critias, wherein it represents the antagonist naval power that besieges "Ancient Athens", the pseudo-historic embodiment of Plato's ideal state in The Republic. These types of games are called City-Building Games Popular city-building games include: Build city SimCity series SimCity SimCity 2000 SimCity 3000 SimCity 4 SimCity Societies City Life, 2006 Cities XL (Monte Cristo) set to be released early 2009 Medieval Lords: Defend, Build, Expand, 2004 (Monte Cristo) MetropolisMania, 2002, (Natsume, PlayStation 2). For those who dont know, they are RTS games but 90% economy based, where in some rts games you need like food/gold/stone ect in those two you need food/wine/water/police/taxmen ect ![]()
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