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The story of Atlantis began with the dialogues of "Timaeus" and "Critias", written by whom?

Plato. These two elements of Plato's "Dialogues" were the first accounts of the lost society of Atlantis. They made up the latter two-thirds of Plato's eighth tetralogy, "Clitophon", following the first book, "The Republic".

According to a popular account of the mythological creation of Atlantis, which god built the city in order to protect the object of his affection, Cleito?

Poseidon. The story goes that Poseidon built rings of water around a civilization that was built on top of a mountain so that the woman who he loved would be safe.

According to Plato's writing in "Critias", what was the second most valuable metal in Atlantis?

Orichalcum. According to Plato, orichalcum was a premium source of pure energy and was also used in the construction of most Atlantis temples, second in value only to gold.

Where does anthropologist Professor Arysio Nunes dos Santos propose that Atlantis actually was?

South China Sea. Nunes argues that the popular theory that Atlantis was in the middle of what is now the Atlantic Ocean does not hold up when compared closely to Plato's dialogues, and that the South China Sea is the only location that would have made sense based on the geographic structure of the world at that time. He also contends that this is supported in Plato's texts, despite the fact that Plato claimed that Atlantis ruled much of Western Europe and Africa.

According to Plato, the island lay "beyond the pillars of" who?

Hercules. Plato's dialogues depended on much of Greek mythology being accurate and real. Hercules was said to be the son of Zeus and a mortal woman named Alcmene, who was mortal but possessed god-like powers, most notably his super-human strength.

According to Lewis Spence, what resulted in the destruction of Atlantis?

Volcanic eruption. According to Spence, the eruption of Mount Krakatoa demolished much of Atlantis. This Indonesian volcano erupted on August 27, 1883.

The concept of Atlantis has been represented in many different modern forums. In the 2001 animated film, "Atlantis: The Lost Empire", which character's name is also the name of a volcano that once erupted, and many theorize was responsible for the beginning of the Atlantean legend?

Santorini. In the film, the character of Santorini was voiced by Don Novello. The fallout from the volcano, Santorini, was theorized by many to form the initial Atlantean colony. This is a scientific theory that disregards the myth outlined in Plato's texts.

According to the 1990s Lucas Arts computer game "Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis", how many stones were needed to gain access to the greater colony?

3. The games assertion that a Sunstone, Moonstone and Worldstone were necessary to gain access to the greater colony is not in line with many accounts of Atlantis, but does have its origins in Plato's dialogues.

The vacation resort called Atlantis bills itself as a Paradise island and associates itself with Plato's story of Atlantis' origin. Where is this resort?

Bahamas. The resort includes a fictionalized "archaelogical dig in the lost city", but also a six story water-slide, which certainly was not in Plato's dialogues. The concept of an underwater society, thousands of years ahead of its time, is an alluring, marketable concept to many people in today's mainstream society.

Which one of these are not thought of as potential greater colonies to Atlantis?

Rome. The most accepted greater colonies are the Minoan civilizations of Thera and Crete. Athens has been tossed around as a possibile greater colony due to its proximity to the coordinates provided in Plato's dialogues, but is not widely accepted among historians and experts of Atlantis. Rome has never been mentioned as a possibility.