What's the Atlantis?

Answer 1

Atlantis is Plato's fabled lost island.

Atlantis may also refer to:

* Atlantis (software house), a 1980s software publishing house
* Atlantis (word processor), a word processing software
* Atlantis (wrestler), a Mexican luchador

In cities:

* Atlantis, Western Cape, South Africa
* Atlantis, Florida, United States

In hotels and real estate:

* Atlantis Paradise Island, a hotel in Paradise Island, Bahamas
* Atlantis, the Palm, a hotel scheduled to open in Dubai in 2007
* Atlantis (brothel), a German brothel
* Atlantis Casino Resort, a resort in Reno, Nevada

In ships:

* Space Shuttle Atlantis, a NASA spacecraft
* German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis, a German auxiliary cruiser
* HMS Atlantis (P432), a submarine of the British Royal Navy
* USS Atlantis (SP-40), a patrol boat in the US Navy
* R/V Atlantis (AGOR-25), an American oceanographic research vessel at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

In military operations:

* Atlantis, listening post, a listening post of the US and Royal Navies

In games:

* Atlantis PbeM, a multi-player computer game
* Atlantis: The Lost Tales, a computer game
* Battle of Atlantis, an arcade game
* Escape from Atlantis, a board game
* Atlantis (Intellivision game), a 1980s home video game for the Intellivision
* Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, a graphical adventure game

In films and movies:

* Atlantis: The Lost Empire, a 2001 Disney movie
* Atlantis: Milo's Return, a 2003 sequel to Atlantis: The Lost Empire
* Atlantis (documentary), a 2001 underwater wildlife documentary by Luc Besson
* Hearts in Atlantis, a film based on a Stephen King novel
* Atlantis (1913 film), a 1913 Danish film
* Atlantis, the Lost Continent, a 1961 George Pal film
* Alliance Atlantis Cinemas, a movie theater chain
* Atlantis (James Bond), the name of Karl Stromberg's hideout/lair in The Spy Who Loved Me

In music:

* "Atlantis (band)", a heavy metal band
* "Atlantis (song)", a song by Donovan
* "Atlantis (Pallas song)", a song by Pallas
* "Atlantis (The Shadows song)", a song by The Shadows
* Atlantis (Lunatica album), a 2001 album by Lunatica
* Atlantis (Donovan album), an 2002 album by Donovan
* Atlantis (SchwarzReich), the psydoneum of the lead singer of the band SchwarzReich
* Atlantis (Sun Ra album), an album by jazz artist Sun Ra
* Atlantis (k-os album), an album by k-os

In science:

* Atlantis (program), an event-display program for the ATLAS experiment

In television:

* Stargate Atlantis, a science fiction television series, set in the * Stargate universe
* Atlantis (Stargate), the fictional city that is the setting for Stargate Atlantis
* The Man from Atlantis, a 1977 television series

Atlantis may also mean:

* Atlantis Oil Field, the third largest oil field in the Gulf of Mexico
* ATLANTIS-2, a transatlantic telephone cable
* Six Flags Atlantis, a now-defunct amusement park in South Florida
* The Atlantis Massif, an undersea massif in the Atlantic Ocean

Answer 2

Atlantis (ancient Greek: Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, "Island of Atlas") is the name of an island mentioned and described by the classical Greek philosopher Plato. According to him this island, lying "beyond the pillars of Hercules", was a naval power, having conquered many parts of western Europe and Africa. Soon after a failed invasion of Athens, Atlantis sank in the waves "in a single day and night of misfortune" after a natural catastrophe happened 9000 years before Plato's time.

As a story embedded in Plato's dialogs, Atlantis is mostly seen as a myth created by Plato to back up a previously invented theory with "real" facts. Some scholars express the opinion that Plato intended to tell real history. Although the function of the Atlantis myth seems to be clear to most scholars, they dispute whether and how much Plato's account was inspired by older traditions. Some scholars argue Plato drew upon memories of past events such as the Thera eruption or the Trojan War, while others insist that he took inspiration of contemporary events like the destruction of Helike in 373 BC or the failed Athenian invasion on Sicily in 415-413 BC.

The possible existence of Atlantis was actively discussed throughout the classical antiquity, but it was usually rejected and occasionally parodied. While basically unknown during the Middle Ages, the Atlantis myth was rediscovered by Humanists at the very beginning of modern times. Plato's description inspired the utopian works of several Renaissance writers, like Francis Bacon's "New Atlantis". More than ever, Atlantis inspires today's literature, from science fiction to comic books.

Answer 3

Atlantis is a magical anctient world. Some people believe that Atlantis used to lie in the Bermuda Triangle. And it sunked by the God because the anctient people disobeyed him and punshed them by destroying Atlantis. Atlantis is a Greek Island meaning "Island of Atlas."

Answer 4

It is an ancient city that sank into the ocean.

Scientist beloive the gap between Spain/Portugal and the continent of Africe could be a possible location for Atlantis. They thing a huge Tsunami destroyed it as there have been stone remains found there.

Answer 5

Aristotle testifies that his instructor Plato invented it, so it under no circumstances somewhat existed. there's no point out of it in the previous his writings. He reported Egyptian clergymen instructed Solon approximately it, yet there's no longer something approximately it in Egyptian literature. He reported it exchange into previous Gibraltar, yet geologists say that's impossible for one among those place to be there. Plato says Athens defeated Atlantis, so it may no longer be a great civilization, in spite of if it have been actual. The time it exchange into reported to be destroyed isn't smart. every physique who believes it exchange into actual is gullible. Believers in Atlantis in all likelihood additionally believe 2012 is the tip of the international and different such "balle".

Answer 6

Well, if you'retalking about the one in the Bahamas, it is what use to be Club Med. If you are talking about the one in the bottom of the sea, it is an island with a lost city that disappeared or sunk and is presumed to be the home of the fabled Neptune, King of the Sea.

Answer 7

its a old city which is now under water in the atlantic ocean between two gr8 continents - Europe & North America. Its also called 'The Lost City'

It was also the name of an ancient warship, which incidently sank in the same ocean.

Answer 8

Do you mean the resort? Or the civilzation that predated the Minoans and reportedly existed in the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer 9

A beautiful Hotel, Bahamas.

Answer 10

An imaginary world, that supposedly disappeared under the atlantic ocean