Are there other names for Atlantis?

Plato named his lost land "Atlantis" and that is the name that most Westerners associate with the myth of the lost land. But there are other myths of lost lands all the way along the Atlantic coast and many names for them. read more

But there are other myths of lost lands all the way along the Atlantic coast and many names for them. The Greeks had Hyperborea and Thule as well as Atlantis. Celtic people had Ys and Lyonesse from Breton and Arthurian folklore respectively, and Hy Brasil was in the folklore of the Irish. read more

Plato may have the same nation in mind for he names the second Atlantean king Gadeiros after a famous Phoenician colony near the Straits of Gibraltar. Other realms proposed by philosophers and writers which resemble Atlantis include the fabulous southern island of Pankhaia (Panchaea) and the blessed Heliades islands. read more

A Girl By Any Other Name was the second episode of Series One of the television series, Atlantis. It was written by Howard Overman and directed by Justin Molotnikov. It first aired on the 5th October, 2013 on BBC One. The episode introduced Jemima Rooper as Medusa. read more