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CCIV 401Atlantis: Tne Making of Myth

Faculty
Arts
Last listed
1984–85

No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1977–78 to 1984–85; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.

A study, through the Atlantis legend, of how ancient myths arose and developed. Topics’include: the Platonic account of Atlantis; theories of lost continents; concepts of utopia in the ancient world; Minoan Crete as a possible prototype for Atlantis; the destruction of Minoan civilization through the eruption of Thera.

As printed in the 1977–78 to 1984–85 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.

Requirements, as last listed

Prereq: C Civ 257 or C Civ 351 or C Civ 271 or 272; or consent of instructor.

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    In the scanned calendars

    How it read in each calendar from 1977–78 to 1984–85, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.

    1977–78 to 1984–85 7 calendars

    A study, through the Atlantis legend, of how ancient myths arose and developed. Topics’include: the Platonic account of Atlantis; theories of lost continents; concepts of utopia in the ancient world; Minoan Crete as a possible prototype for Atlantis; the destruction of Minoan civilization through the eruption of Thera.

    Prereq: C Civ 257 or C Civ 351 or C Civ 271 or 272; or consent of instructor.

    * Listed that year without a description, or as not offered.