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> > A good review of the evidence and "chain of
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> The story of Atlantis appears in Plato’s
> Timaeus-Critias (c. 355 BCE) as an oral tradition
> Solon acquired in Egypt and adapted into an epic
> poem, but which he left unfinished. Nevertheless,
> Solon told the story to his family relative
> Dropides, who passed it orally to his son (Critias
> the elder), who in turn told it to his grandson
> (Critias the younger). Either this oral
> transmission actually took place, or Plato was the
> fabricator. If the latter, the entire tradition
> (including the island of Atlantis) is likely to be
> fiction. This article shows there is a lack of
> evidence for the Atlantis story being an authentic
> oral tradition and highlights problems with the
> transmission. Supposing oral retellings of the
> tradition did take place, it is seemingly
> impossible to distinguish fact from fiction in the
> story since the tale of Atlantis must have been
> garbled as it was retold over generations;
> reciting a tradition by word of mouth is
> unreliable.
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> Shock horror.
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> Plato might have made it up ...
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> Who'd have thunk it.
No, no that couldn't possibly be... look at all the evidence from earlier civilizations than the Egyptian...oh wait nothing.
Wait, wait, the archaeological evidence of a hugely old Egypt and Athens....wait nope.
Archaeology evidence of an Atlantean present in the Med.....nope, well it must be true because some people believe it in!