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Sonchis of Saïs or the Saïte (Ancient Greek: Σῶγχις ὁ Σαΐτης, Sō̂nkhis o Saḯtēs; fl. 594 BC) was an Egyptian priest, who is mentioned in Greek writings for relating the account of Atlantis. His status as a historical figure is a matter of debate.
Robert Emms (born Robert James MacPherson; 20 May 1986) is a British film, stage and television actor, known for portraying Pythagoras in the BBC One fantasy-adventure series Atlantis, and Leonid Toptunov in the HBO miniseries Chernobyl.
Atlantis is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) originally published by Bard Games, [1] set in the ancient world before Atlantis sank. It first consisted of three books: The Arcanum , The Lexicon , and The Bestiary , and for this reason was originally called The Atlantean Trilogy or The Atlantis Trilogy .
Masters of Atlantis is a 1985 historical fiction novel by Charles Portis.It satirizes the Western Esoteric and New Religious movements of the early-to-mid twentieth century, following a WW1 veteran named Lamar Jimmerson over the course of several decades as he attempts to establish and maintain an esoteric society dedicated to what is supposedly the lost knowledge of the legendary city of ...
As a result, the role-playing game became known as The Atlantean Trilogy; later versions were titled simply Atlantis. The Lexicon, a 136-page book with a removable two-color map, was written by Sechi, Taylor, and Ed Mortimer, with interior artwork by Joe Bouza, Ken Canossi, and Roy MacDonald, and cover art by Scott Lee. [3]
The tetractys. The tetractys (Greek: τετρακτύς), or tetrad, [1] or the tetractys of the decad [2] is a triangular figure consisting of ten points arranged in four rows: one, two, three, and four points in each row, which is the geometrical representation of the fourth triangular number.
The Arcanum is the first book in The Atlantean Trilogy.It includes a role-playing system largely based on the rules for Dungeons & Dragons, [1] but the generic information about the character classes and magic can also be used without the role-playing system, and adapted to another fantasy role-playing system such as D&D or RuneQuest to add an Atlantean flavor to the game.
Atlantis is a fictional location appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is based on the mythical island of Atlantis first mentioned in Plato 's initial dialogue the Timaeus , written c. 360 BC.