The tale of Atlantis has enchanted imaginations for centuries. While most of us know that Atlantis is a supposedly ancient city that was buried under water (and perhaps still thrives there), few know that the cause of Atlantis’s destruction had to do with a very beautiful young woman tempting, and angering, the god Poseidon.
When the great gods divided the Cosmos among themselves (so the Greek legend goes), Poseidon was made Lord of the Ocean and given command of all that was in it and all the islands that it surrounded. When he surveyed his new territory, he found it pleasing – lush, beautiful, and teeming with life.
One day, as Poseidon was surveying the highest hills of one of his islands, he came to a house. Looking inside it, he saw the most beautiful young woman he’d ever laid eyes on. Being a god, and not liking to be denied his passion, he instantly took her for his pleasure, making love to her for days and days. Her name was Cleito, and Poseidon’s stately and god-like demeanor pleased her greatly, so she willingly gave the fruits of her young femininity to his urges. And as the result of this union, she bore him ten sons, one of which was Atlas.
Soon, all of Poseidon’s sons were kings of numerous islands, and the islands grew in social and global power. The architects of the realm built a magnificent city, right around the hill where Poseidon met the lovely Cleito. Soon, the Atlantean elders began to feel that their civilization was so supreme that they ought to spread it far and wide. So, they set out on a conquest to subjugate the world and bring their “superior technocratic arts” to the world.
Of course, they never reckoned on the Athenians. The citizens of Athens, Greece, would not submit to subjection by the Atlanteans, and they fought the warriors of Atlantis hard. Losing the battle, the Atlanteans fled to their ships, but just then, a huge storm engulfed the whole planet, burying the fleet and the beautiful city on the hill of Cleito. So did the city of Atlantis sink to the bottom of the ocean…some say as a punishment to the hubris of the Atlanteans.
We often hear of ancient legends, especially from the Greeks, and they often center on a beautiful young woman (such as Cleito in this story). Well, it helps to understand what these ancients were thinking in order to empathize with their myths, and by looking at our young model Cassandra A, in this series, entitled Atlantis, we can get a sense of it. With a woman this beautiful, one could almost imagine creating and wrecking entire civilizations in an attempt to obtain her. Fortunate for you, she’s available on Met Art, free of strife and “Cosmos-rending” destruction. Enjoy her!
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