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This book was originally written as a series of articles in response to Ignatius Donnelly's book, Atlantis The Antediluvian World. Chapters include; Plato's Atlantis: Mr. Donnelly's Theory; Conjecture as to the probable Basis of Plato's Atlantis; Further Conjectures-Diluvian Traditions; Recent Testimonies; and, Alternative Theories.Atlantis takes its name from Atlas-"the king." We hear of Atlas first in Hesiod, as son of Japetus; his brother was Mencetius ("Mnesius," Plato; "Menu," Lenormant), and, according to Apollodorus, his mother's name was Asia. In the Homeric poems he knows all the depths of the sea; he bears the long columns which tear asunder or carry all around earth and heaven: in either case the meaning of keeping asunder is implied.This book was originally written as a series of articles in response to Ignatius Donnelly's book, Atlantis The Antediluvian World. Chapters include; Plato's Atlantis: Mr. Donnelly's Theory; Conjecture as to the probable Basis of Plato's Atlantis; Further Conjectures-Diluvian Traditions; Recent Testimonies; and, Alternative Theories.Atlantis takes its name from Atlas-"the king." We hear of Atlas first in Hesiod, as son of Japetus; his brother was Mencetius ("Mnesius," Plato; "Menu," Lenormant), and, according to Apollodorus, his mother's name was Asia. In the Homeric poems he knows all the depths of the sea; he bears the long columns which tear asunder or carry all around earth and heaven: in either case the meaning of keeping asunder is implied.