Details & Statistics


Here you will find statistics and details about Atlantis(the island and its people) according to Plato in two of his dialogues
- Timaeus and Critias -

Timaeus

Bullet Based in the Atlantic Ocean - Opposite the Pillars of Heracles* (Straight of Gibraltar)
Bullet The Atlantic was then navigable
Bullet Larger than Libya and Asia combined
Bullet From Atlantis you could reach other islands and then a true continent


*Note: Throughout Atlantis literature (there have been thousands of books written on the subject) you will see references to the Pillars of Heracles and Pillars of Hercules. Heracles and Hercules are variations on the spelling and pronunciation of the same person. He was the heroic son of Zeus and Alcmene who possessed superior strength.


Note:The unit for measuring distance in the translations of Timaeus and Critias is the stade/stadia. The conversion is:
1 stade=607 ft or 185 meters (mile=5280 feet so 1 stade= .11 mile)

Canal From Sea

bullet Canal 300' wide, 100' deep 50 stades from the sea was a hill where the rings of Sea and Land were built (5.5 miles)


Inner Ring

bullet Next ring of water was 1 stade - 600'
bullet Center land was 5 stades in diameter - 3000' (.5 miles)
bullet Surrounded on both sides by a wall covered with orichalcum


Middle Ring

bullet Next set of water / land rings were 2 stades in width - 1200'
bullet Surrounded on both sides by a wall covered with tin


Outer Ring

bullet Ring closest to sea and its internal land both 3 stades in width - 1800'
bullet Surrounded on both sides by a wall covered with brass
bullet Contained horse racing track


Outer Wall

bullet Wall which circled the outer ring at a distance of 50 stades (11 miles in diameter)


Bridges

bullet Bridges were 100 feet wide (a sixth of a stadia)
bullet Walled
bullet Towers and gates on the bridges
bullet Guarded at either end


Plain

bullet Oblong, 3000 stadia long, 1000 stadia wide (330 miles long and 110 miles wide)
bullet Open to the sea on the south (where the canal exited to the sea)
bullet Surrounded by mountains to the north


Ditch around the Plain

bullet 100 feet deep
bullet 1 stade wide
bullet 10,000 stade long (surrounding the whole plain) (1100 miles long)


Military

bullet Plain consisted of 10 stade square lots - 1.1 mile x 1.1 mile
  1.1 miles=5808ft there we get 33,732,864 sq.ft=774.4 acres
  acre = 43560 sq. ft or 4840 sq. yd.
  for total of 60,000
    total acres = 46,464,000
bullet Each lot supplied
 1/6 of a war chariot
 2 horses and riders
 one pair of chariot horses, a horseman, and a charioteer
 2 heavily armed soldiers
 2 slingers
 3 stone shooters
 3 javelin men
 4 sailors (for fleet of 1200 ships)


Miscellaneous

bullet 5 sets of Twins - Atlas was first King
bullet Fruits hard to store but providing drink, food & oil
bullet They governed other land into Egypt and Tyrrhenia.
bullet 2 harvests - one from winter rains - one from summer irrigation.
bullet Orichalc, a metal unknown to Plato was mined in quantities - 2nd in value to gold.
bullet Abundant timber, elephants, marshes, swamps, rivers, mountains, plains.
bullet Hot and cold springs.
bullet Stone was white, black, and yellow - stone was excavated from center island and land rings to form covered docking areas.



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Atlantis - Main Page
The Legend Of The Lost Continent
Theories On The Existance And Situation Of Atlantis
A Short Description Of Plato
A Shortened Version Of Timaeus & Critias


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