TIL that the "Lost City of Atlantis" was invented by the philosopher Plato, as a fake enemy for Athens that lost favour of the gods and was sunk in to the sea. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by PDRugby t3_yprx6z on November 8, 2022 at 4:54 PM in todayilearned 198 comments 834
aykavalsokec t1_ivkzk7s wrote on November 8, 2022 at 7:02 PM There are a lot of indications that the story was indeed true. The "sinking" of Atlantis coinciding with the end of the Younger Dryas and the use of myths in Platos other dialogues are the main ones. Permalink −2−
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