According to Plato, Autochthon was one of the ten kings of Atlantis. The word autochthon (n.) means “one sprung from the soil he inhabits” (plural autochthones), from Greek autokhthon “aborigines, natives,” […]
Autochthon
Hemisphærum Avstrale Coelestium
Is the title of a plate by German Jesuit priest Athanasius Kircher (1601-1680) of a graphic representation of the heavens made in his work Oboliscus Aegyptiacus. Kircher was the brightest scientific star of […]
Autochthon
image credit: The Fall of Atlantis by Gaius31duke According to Plato, Autochthon was one of the ten kings of Atlantis. The word autochthon (n.) means “one sprung from the soil he inhabits” […]