Post by Xander on May 9, 2009 10:32:21 GMT -5
What little we know today of the Atlanteans' sociology comes from legends. In addition to the warriors and the miners and the priests and the farmers, there were scholars and teachers. They were engineers who built a city more technologically advanced than any civilization alive at the time had a right to be. They were philosophers who attained complete peace in their hearts, minds, and souls. They were writers who compiled a library with the knowledge of the ages, a library housing books that contained the secrets of the world.
My favorite tale is of Soteria, the librarian of Atlantis. She intimidated men with her beauty and intelligence (instead of a severe bun and glasses). The books were her whole world; she ate, slept, and breathed the written word. She would always be found reading in the courtyard, telling patrons that it was her goal to read every book in the library. Despite the fact that there were more volumes there than could be read in a lifetime, Soteria was still determined to try.
When Atlantis was destroyed, Soteria refused to leave the library. Upon her death, she vowed to protect the books until the end of time.
Legend has it that somewhere beneath the waves the library of Atlantis still exists, protected by the ghost of the librarian. It is said that if you somehow come across one of the original texts from the Atlantean library (one of the ones that was checked out at the time, perhaps?), you can summon Soteria's ghost and she will lead you to the rest of the books. Until that day I imagine her spirit there, in the ruins under the water, happily reading her way from A to Z.
My favorite tale is of Soteria, the librarian of Atlantis. She intimidated men with her beauty and intelligence (instead of a severe bun and glasses). The books were her whole world; she ate, slept, and breathed the written word. She would always be found reading in the courtyard, telling patrons that it was her goal to read every book in the library. Despite the fact that there were more volumes there than could be read in a lifetime, Soteria was still determined to try.
When Atlantis was destroyed, Soteria refused to leave the library. Upon her death, she vowed to protect the books until the end of time.
Legend has it that somewhere beneath the waves the library of Atlantis still exists, protected by the ghost of the librarian. It is said that if you somehow come across one of the original texts from the Atlantean library (one of the ones that was checked out at the time, perhaps?), you can summon Soteria's ghost and she will lead you to the rest of the books. Until that day I imagine her spirit there, in the ruins under the water, happily reading her way from A to Z.
