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Atlantis Found?
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03-12-2011, 09:48 PM
Might be. How may other ancient traditions that we consider mythical today might be fact based?

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03-12-2011, 10:10 PM
Plato talked about Atlantis, I think. Next we'll find Sasquatch.
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03-12-2011, 11:31 PM
Better articles here and here, Reuter's writeup contains a couple of idiocies.

Do note, however, that Plato was the only person ever to mention Atlantis and he called it an island.
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03-13-2011, 12:14 AM
mv Wrote:Better articles here and here, Reuter's writeup contains a couple of idiocies.

Do note, however, that Plato was the only person ever to mention Atlantis and he called it an island.

Bingo! And that is why I will continue to go with Thira/Santorini as being the site of the tale.
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03-13-2011, 05:06 PM
Reading MV's more detailed links,it seems altogether reasonable to think that what they see may have been an island 2500 years ago.

The reason I think Atlantis is plausible is because Plato was not a frivolous figure,if he reported X,it is reasonable to assume he believed it to exist,IMO.

The other view is it was a joke of his. IMO,Plato wasn't that type of guy to associate himself with what he knew to be a joke or lie.

Doesn't mean it was real,but,to me ,he definitely believed it was.
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05-21-2011, 05:39 PM
(03-12-2011, 09:48 PM)Palladin Wrote: Might be. How may other ancient traditions that we consider mythical today might be fact based?

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More than we think.... As for Atlantis, I had always suspected the city was associated with the Megalithic Culture in some way.
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