# The Lost Continent — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Lost Continent by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne.

- [Prefatory](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/prefatory.md): The narrator and Dr. Coppinger discover a set of ancient wax-on-talc sheets in a cave on Grand Canary. Coppinger identifies the manuscript as Atlantean, written by Deucalion, and recognizes its immense historical value. 
- [My Recall](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/i-my-recall.md): Deucalion learns from Tatho that he has been recalled from his governorship of Yucatan to Atlantis by Empress Phorenice. Tatho recounts Phorenice's rise from a swineherd's daughter to a military leader who deposed Zaemon
- [Back to Atlantis](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/ii-back-to-atlantis.md): Deucalion reflects on his departure from Yucatan after being replaced by Tatho, who criticizes his lack of personal wealth and power. Despite their philosophical differences, Tatho provides a ship for Deucalion's return 
- [A Rival Navy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/iii-a-rival-navy.md): Deucalion's fleet, reduced to five ships after storms and scurvy, approaches Atlantis and encounters a hostile navy of six vessels. After a parley with Dason, who demands Deucalion's surrender, Tob refuses and a fierce s
- [The Welcome of Phorenice](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/iv-the-welcome-of-phorenice.md): Deucalion arrives in Atlantis and is welcomed by Empress Phorenice, who elevates him above all other men. During a procession through the city, Phorenice reveals that Atlantis is under siege by rebels and shows Deucalion
- [Zaemon's Curse](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/v-zaemon-s-curse.md): Deucalion confronts Empress Phorenice about his loyalty to the old gods, is given chambers in the pyramid, and later attends a decadent feast. During the feast, the old priest Zaemon appears, declares Phorenice deposed b
- [VI: The Biters of the City Walls](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/vi-the-biters-of-the-city-walls.md): Deucalion, newly returned to Atlantis, reflects on the political turmoil between Empress Phorenice and the Priests' Clan led by Zaemon. He decides to assess the rebel faction before choosing sides. After a tense banquet 
- [VII: The Biters of the Walls (Further Account)](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/vii-the-biters-of-the-walls-further-account.md): Deucalion and Nais engage in a philosophical debate about tyranny, authority, and freedom. Nais accuses Deucalion of being a tyrant by virtue of his strength, and reveals that Phorenice seeks to marry him. Nais, once hig
- [VIII: The Preacher from the Mountains](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/viii-the-preacher-from-the-mountains.md): An old priest, Zaemon, preaches to a crowd about the Gods' punishment of Atlantis through Phorenice and calls for repentance. A young rebel challenges him but is struck dumb. Zaemon identifies Deucalion as a priest, and 
- [IX: Phorenice, Goddess](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/ix-phorenice-goddess.md): Phorenice formally declares herself a goddess and performs a sacrificial ceremony, defying the old gods. The narrator, one of the Seven Priests, emerges from a secret underground passage and encounters Ro, a faithful but
- [X: A Wooing](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/x-a-wooing.md): Deucalion faces public pressure to worship the newly deified Empress Phorenice but refuses, standing alone in the stone circle. Ylga pleads for his life but is rebuked. Phorenice pardons Deucalion and they ride back toge
- [An Affair with the Barbarous Fishers](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/xi-an-affair-with-the-barbarous-fishers.md): After the mammoth ride and spill, Phorenice, jealous of Nais, orders her guarded. Deucalion agrees to obey Phorenice's wishes. Phorenice takes Deucalion on a litter ride around the harbor, playing at lovers. They are att
- [The Drug of Our Lady the Moon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/xii-the-drug-of-our-lady-the-moon.md): Deucalion navigates the pyramid's secret passages to reach the temple of the Moon, aided by Ylga, while reflecting on his mission to save Nais from total sacrifice. He recalls a recent outing with Phorenice where she eng
- [The Burying Alive of Nais](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/xiii-the-burying-alive-of-nais.md): Phorenice's edict to bury Nais alive is carried out with brutal efficiency. Deucalion is forced to participate in the construction of a granite throne and the subsequent ceremony where he marries Phorenice and then entom
- [Again the Gods Make Change](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/xiv-again-the-gods-make-change.md): Deucalion bids farewell to Tob and his crew as they sail away to found a new colony, rejecting the old gods in favor of worshipping Deucalion as a hero-god. Meanwhile, Ylga helps Deucalion escape the camp and arranges fo
- [XV: Zaemon’s Summons](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/xv-zaemon-s-summons.md): The narrator describes the perilous, volcanic wilderness of Atlantis bordering Europe and Africa, where he has lived in exile. Zaemon appears and summons him back to the Sacred Mountain to lead the defense against Empres
- [Siege of the Sacred Mountain](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/xvi-siege-of-the-sacred-mountain.md): Deucalion returns to the Sacred Mountain after years of war and is greeted by Zaemon, who hails him as King of Atlantis. Zaemon reveals that the High Gods have decreed Phorenice's death for discovering the Secret of Life
- [Nais the Regained](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/xvii-nais-the-regained.md): Deucalion, with Zaemon's guidance, descends from the Sacred Mountain into the earthquake-ravaged city to retrieve Nais from the granite throne. Amidst chaos and terror, he finds her still in her drugged sleep, frees her 
- [Storm of the Sacred Mountain](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/xviii-storm-of-the-sacred-mountain.md): Deucalion tends to the newly awakened Nais, who recovers her strength and beauty. As the battle for the Sacred Mountain intensifies, Deucalion confronts Tatho, a former comrade now serving Empress Phorenice, in a parley 
- [Destruction of Atlantis](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/xix-destruction-of-atlantis.md): Deucalion is ordered by the Three to abandon the defense of the Sacred Mountain and enter the Ark of the Mysteries, where Nais awaits. Despite his desire to fight, he obeys, witnessing the final stand of the priests and 
- [XX: On the Bosom of the Deep](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/xx-on-the-bosom-of-the-deep.md): The narrator and Nais endure a harrowing journey in the Ark, which is guided solely by the High Gods. After a week of storms, they emerge to a calm sea, find the Ark well-stocked and marvelously constructed, and the narr
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_lost_continent_se/chapters/endnotes.md): The endnotes provide a translator's note referencing a recent paleontological discovery of a Brontosaurus skeleton, emphasizing its immense size and weight.

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