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SCIENCE
PRIMARY 6TH
ATLANTIS
BY MR. JOHN GALARRAGA
ATLANTIS:
COLEGIO IRABIA
THE STORY OF A MYTH?
NAME:
INTRODUCTION
Answer to these questions:
1. What is ATLANTIS? What does it mean in Greek?
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In here, we are going to learn a little bit about the three main
characters in the story. ZEUS, POSEIDON, and ATLAS.
ZEUS
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2. Where do they say it was located? Tell me the two places!
Zeus in Greek mythology is the king
of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus,
and the god of the sky and thunder. Zeus
was the child of Cronus and Rhea, and
the youngest of his siblings. In most
traditions he was married to Hera.
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3. Who was the first King of Atlantis? Why?
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POSEIDON
He was the god of the sea, as well
as of horses, and, as "Earth-Shaker," of
earthquakes. He was the brother of Zeus
and Hades. Poseidon was given a trident
during the war of the Titans and the
gods. The war lasted 10 years. After the
war the gods divided the earth among
themselves: Zeus took the sky, Poseidon
took the sea, and Hades took the
underworld.
4.
How was the Atlantis destroyed?
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True or False (correct the wrong information):
a- The first twins became the rulers of Atlantis.
b- The Atlanteants built in the Centre a temple to honor Poseidon.
c- Only Zeus decided to destroy the Atlantis.
ATLAS
d- Everybody knows that this is a true story.
He is the son of Poseidon and Cleito (a mortal woman). He was the
ruler of Atlantis. Atlas was punished by Zeus and made to bear the weight
of the heavens on his back.
e- Atlantis was an island very small, but very healthy.
f- Two harvest were possible each year.
THE STORY OF ATLANTIS
Atlantis was the domain of Poseidon, god of the sea. When
Poseidon fell in love with a mortal woman, Cleito, he created a small
house at the top of a hill near the middle of the island and
surrounded the dwelling with rings of water and land to protect her.
Cleito gave birth to five sets of twin boys who became the first
rulers of Atlantis. The island was divided among the brothers with
the eldest, Atlas, first King of Atlantis, being given control over the
central hill and surrounding areas.
At the top of the central
hill, a temple was built to
honor Poseidon which housed
a giant gold statue of
Poseidon riding a chariot
pulled by winged horses.
It was here that the rulers
of Atlantis would come to
discuss laws, pass judgments,
and pay tribute to Poseidon.
The climate was such that two harvests were possible each year.
One in the winter fed by the rains and one in the summer fed by
irrigation from the canal.
Surrounding the plain to the north were mountains which
soared to the skies. Villages, lakes, rivers, and meadows dotted the
mountains. Besides the harvests, the island provided all kinds of
herbs, fruits, and nuts. An abundance of animals, including
elephants, roamed the island.
The vast island was huge, some people said that it was bigger
than the continents we know today, and it prospered as a peaceful,
wealthy, powerful and sophisticated place. For generations the
Atlanteans lived simple, virtuous lives.
The city of Atlantis sat just outside the outer ring of water and
spread across the plain covering a circle of 11 miles (1.7 km). This
was a densely populated area where the majority of the population
lived.
Unfortuaty all this good fortune made Atlantis’s people feel
superior and had them acting spoiled and even lazy. Such behavior
angered the gods, and mainly Zeus, who saw the inmortality of the
Atlanteants, and gathering the other gods, they decided to punish
them.
They
decided
to
destroy the Atlantis
with the power of
earthquakes
and
volcanoes. At the end
of one day and one
night, Atlantis was
flooded and buried
beneath the ocean,
never to be seen
again.
ATLANTIS
Atlantis (in Greek, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, "island of Atlas") is the name of
a legendary island first mentioned in one of Plato's book. Plato was a
really famous philosopher of the ancient Greeks.
Atlntis, was located next to “The pillars of Heracles”, It was a
naval powered comunity that conquered many parts of Western
Europe and Africa. After a failed attempt to invade Athens, Atlantis sank
into the ocean "in a single day and night of misfortune".
Some people believe that this is not just a story told by Plato and
other famous Greeks, but that Atlantis was a real place. Many
people have searched for Atlantis, even claiming to have discovered
artifacts.
But without absolute proof,
the
island's
existence
remains one of the world's
great mysteries.
The people of this land possessed great wealth thanks to the
natural resources found throughout their island. The island was a
center for trade and commerce.
As you've probably heard, the people at the Walt Disney Company
liked this story well enough that they decided to turn it into an
animated feature film.
Others said that it was an island (dating back to at least 1400 BC )
located near Greece, in the Mediterranean sea. But that is according to
the Greek mythology.
QUESTION!!!
QUESTION!!!
Why did the gods decide to punish the Atlanteants?
Why did the people of Atlantis had such a good wealth?