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Scholastic (2001), Paperback, 24 pages. Purchased in 2009. $7.00.
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Recounts the legend of the lost civilization of Atlantis. Includes a note discussing various explanations for the legend.
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24 p.; 9 inches
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LibraryThing member bsturdevant06
Intermediate
This is a good example of mythology, It is is a story that was passed down within the Greeks. It was first written down by Plato but has been told many times since then. It includes the gods of Greek mythology and teaches a moral of warning against conflict and power seeking.
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This is a good example of mythology, It is is a story that was passed down within the Greeks. It was first written down by Plato but has been told many times since then. It includes the gods of Greek mythology and teaches a moral of warning against conflict and power seeking.
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LibraryThing member tiburon
This myth tells the story of the mysterious underwater city of Atlantis, which started as an idyllic island. Because of the faults of mortals, Poseidon has to banish Atlantis to a place beneath the waves. Another lesson in the inherent flaws of humanity.
LibraryThing member hannahmunger
Genre:This book is a good example of a Myth/Legend because it takes the story of Atlantis and uses illustrations and words that kids can understand in order to tell the original story that has been around for hundreds and hundreds of years. The characters are supernatural beings, Greek gods and sea
Media: Acrylic paint
Summary: Poseidon turns the island of his new wife into a beautiful, peaceful city eventually turns evil so he puts a curse on it and has to encircle it with water because the people became greedy and no longer lived peacefully.
Setting: The place and time is crucial to the story because without the island and the time when Greek gods supposedly were in charge of running the world, there wouldn't be a mythical story about a beautiful city that is lost at the bottom of the sea somewhere.
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people. The influence of the gods is a major part of the story. Media: Acrylic paint
Summary: Poseidon turns the island of his new wife into a beautiful, peaceful city eventually turns evil so he puts a curse on it and has to encircle it with water because the people became greedy and no longer lived peacefully.
Setting: The place and time is crucial to the story because without the island and the time when Greek gods supposedly were in charge of running the world, there wouldn't be a mythical story about a beautiful city that is lost at the bottom of the sea somewhere.
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LibraryThing member HayleeKai
Using bright colors and an abstract collage style, Bali beautifully recreates te story of Atlantis.
LibraryThing member malindahodgson
This is book is about a very popular legand that most children eventually hear about. The pictures are wonderful and bright. This will help clarify the true legand of Atlantis.
LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
Using Plato's dialogues, Timaeus and Critias, as sources, British author and illustrator Christina Balit relates the Greek myth of Atlantis in this gorgeous picture-book. Built up from a tiny island by the god Poseidon, after he marries island girl Cleito, Atlantis becomes a marvel of the world -
Although there are various different versions of the myth of Atlantis, something outlined by scholar Geoffrey Ashe in his afterword, Atlantis: The Legend of the Lost City retells the traditional Greek tale. The story here is engaging, and the illustrations simply beautiful! Balit uses vibrant colors - deep blues and oranges, and lovely golden highlights - and stylized figures to create paintings that are a pleasure to peruse. Beside the passage discussing the giving and keeping of Atlantis' laws, she depicts a carved half-disk that looks very much like the Phaistos Disk, from the ancient Minoan civilization on the island of Crete. This felt entirely appropriate, as some scholars believe that the story of Atlantis is actually about Crete, and about the destruction of the Minoan civilization after the eruption of a volcano on the island of Thera, in 1450 BC. I'd recommend this one to all folklore and mythology enthusiasts, particularly those interested in the legend of Atlantis, or in the idea of lost civilizations.
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an island city both wealthy and peaceful. Named after Poseidon and Cleito's oldest son, Atlas, it is governed by a wise set of laws. But when Poseidon sleeps beneath the waves, the people of Atlantis gradually abandon the laws, and violence and injustice creep into their civilization. Waking from his long rest, the sea god must fulfill his vow to destroy the island, if its people ever break the law, raining down fire and submerging Atlantis in powerful waves. And so the island slips beneath the waters, never to be seen again...Although there are various different versions of the myth of Atlantis, something outlined by scholar Geoffrey Ashe in his afterword, Atlantis: The Legend of the Lost City retells the traditional Greek tale. The story here is engaging, and the illustrations simply beautiful! Balit uses vibrant colors - deep blues and oranges, and lovely golden highlights - and stylized figures to create paintings that are a pleasure to peruse. Beside the passage discussing the giving and keeping of Atlantis' laws, she depicts a carved half-disk that looks very much like the Phaistos Disk, from the ancient Minoan civilization on the island of Crete. This felt entirely appropriate, as some scholars believe that the story of Atlantis is actually about Crete, and about the destruction of the Minoan civilization after the eruption of a volcano on the island of Thera, in 1450 BC. I'd recommend this one to all folklore and mythology enthusiasts, particularly those interested in the legend of Atlantis, or in the idea of lost civilizations.
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