Autocrat- A Roman History Podcast

9- The Lost Continent

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In a holdover from when the gods divided the world, we're going to explore a story supposedly set in the 9600s BCE or earlier, with Poseidon's descendants ruling over the mythical island of Atlantis! A story made all the more intriguing by the fact that some people believe it to be true, despite Plato's imagining it for his Dialogues...


Slight correction- we mention Spence's work as published in 1827, but it's 1927- slip of the tongue! The 'missing' reference we allude to is Lord Arundell's 1885 work referenced below.


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Sources for this episode:

  • Lord Arundell of Wardour (1885), The Secret of Plato's Atlantis. London: Burns and Oates.
  • Babcock, W. H. (1919), The Island of the Seven Cities. Geographical Review 7(2): 98-106.
  • Babcock, W. H. (1920), Antillia and the Antilles. Geographical Review 9(2): 109-124.
  • Crone, G. R. (1938), The Origin of the Name Antillia. The Geographical Journal 91(3): 260-262.
  • Donnelly, I. (1882), Atlantis: The Antediluvian World. New York: Harper & Brothers.
  • The Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica (2020), Hanno (online) (Accessed 17/11/2023).
  • The Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica (2023), Atlantis (online) (Accessed 17/11/2023).
  • The Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica (2023), continental drift (online) (Accessed 17/11/2023).
  • Jowett, B. (1892), The Dialogues of Plato, translated into English with Analyses and Introductions (Vol III.) (3rd edition). Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • Merrill, E. D. (1936), Scuttling Atlantis and Mu. Spring 5(2): 142-148.
  • Sowada, K., Newman, R., Albarede, F., Davis, G., Derrick, M. R., Murphy, T. D. and Gore, D. B. (2023), Analyses of queen Hetepheres’ bracelets from her celebrated tomb in Giza reveals new information on silver, metallurgy and trade in Old Kingdom Egypt, c. 2600 BC. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 49: 103978.
  • Spence, L. (date unknown), The History of Atlantis. London: Rider & Co.
  • Vitalino, D. B. (1971), Atlantis: A Review Essay. Journal of the Folklore Institute 8(1): 66-76.
  • Wang, M., Hu, C., Barnes, B. B., Mitchum, G., Lapointe, B. and Montoya, J. P. (2019), The great Atlantic Sargassum belt. Science 365(6448): 83-87.
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Antillia (online) (Accessed 17/11/2023).
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Azilian (online) (Accessed 17/11/2023).
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Lemuria (online) (Accessed 17/11/2023).
  • Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Lewis Spence (online) (Accessed 17/11/2023).
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