Classical Studies 2904A/B Lecture 12: Classical Studies Lecture Notes February 16 2017
27 Feb 2017
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Derives from therus: the son of autesion who colonized the island with his fellow. Santorini is the venetian name for the island deriving from the chapel for st. irene. Akrotiri derives from the greek word for cape / promontory. The canonical story of atlantis was written down by plato around. The story in plato relates how the athenians led the charge against the atlantians: after the victory there were earthquakes and floods that sank atlantis. The eruption began with an earthquake: this phase was followed by the attempts of people in akrotiri to rebuild the city. The next phase of the eruption was a rain of pumice: this phase saw the mass scale evacuation of the people. Spyridon marinatos was the head of excavation at thera from 1967 1974: he was the inspector or archaeological antiquities beginning in 1967 until his death in 1974.
