Atlantis FYI

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Sources, Analysis, and Hot Takes concerning Plato's Lost Island of Atlantis.
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One of the most iconic elements of the Atlantis story is the idea that it sank to the bottom of the sea. That's the next topic in my Everything You Know About Atlantis is a Myth series. #atlantis #plato

https://atlantis.fyi/blog/did-atlantis-sink-to-the-bottom-of-the-sea/

Was Atlantis located in the Atlantic ocean? The next installment in my Everything You Know About Atlantis is a Myth series tackles on the most infamous mistranslation in all of Atlantis studies. #atlantis #plato #atlanticocean #atlanticsea

https://atlantis.fyi/blog/was-atlantis-in-the-atlantic-ocean/

Was Atlantis in the Atlantic Ocean? | Atlantis FYI

Every modern translation renders the body of water that Atlantis was located in as in the Atlantic Ocean, are they really all wrong?

Everything You Know About Atlantis is a Myth including that it was larger than Libya and Asia combined. #atlantis #plato

https://atlantis.fyi/blog/was-atlantis-larger-then-libya-and-asia-combined/

Was Atlantis Larger than Libya and Asia Combined? | Atlantis FYI

Because Plato says that Atlantis was larger than Libya and Asia combined people often assume that Atlantis must have been a vast continent, but is that really the case?

Everything You Know About Atlantis is a Myth including that it was located beyond the Pillars of Hercules. #atlantis #plato #pillarsofhercules

https://atlantis.fyi/blog/was-atlantis-located-beyond-the-pillars-of-hercules/

Was Atlantis Located Beyond the Pillars of Hercules?

Plato places Atlantis beyond the Pillars of Hercules, the modern Strait of Gibraltar, but if you look a little deeper, it's not at all clear what the location he's referring to actually is.

The latest in my Everything You Know About Atlantis is a Myth series, this time I'm dealing with the myth that Atlantis was an island. #atlantis

https://atlantis.fyi/blog/was-atlantis-an-island/

Was Atlantis An Island? | Atlantis FYI

Everyone knows Atlantis is an island, Plato even calls it an island. Is it possible that everyone is wrong?

Another post in my Everything You Know About Atlantis is a Myth series, this one is about the name Atlantis itself. Where does the name Atlantis come from and if the story of Atlantis comes from Egypt, why is that name nowhere found in Egypt? #atlantis #plato

https://atlantis.fyi/blog/was-atlantis-called-atlantis/

Was Atlantis Called Atlantis? | Atlantis FYI

Do we know what the denziens of Atlantis called their homeland?

New post is the next installment in the series Everything You Know About Atlantis Is A Myth. This time I tackle the oft encountered idea that Atlantis was the mother civilization of the ancient world. #atlantis #pyramid #plato

https://atlantis.fyi/blog/was-atlantis-the-mother-civilization-of-the-ancient-world/

Was Atlantis the Mother Civilization of the Ancient World?

No, Plato's Atlantis was not the mother civilization of the ancient world, that's Ignatius Donnelly's Atlantis which has almost nothing to do with Plato's Atlantis.

My latest is the first in a series called Everything You Know About Atlantis Is A Myth. Often when depicting Atlantis people will include pyramids in the recreation, but did Atlantis actually have pyramids? #atlantis #pyramid #plato

https://atlantis.fyi/blog/did-atlantis-have-pyramids/

Did Atlantis Have Pyramids? | Atlantis FYI

While many hypothetical reconstructions of Atlantis feature pyramids, Atlantis did not actually contain any pyramids.

My most recent post concerns Plato’s Letters, the bastard child of the Platonic corpus, and why everyone thinks some or all of the Letters are forgeries. Shockingly, I disagree with that take. The Letters, if given a chance, reveal themselves to be entirely Platonic.

https://atlantis.fyi/blog/on-the-authenticity-of-platos-letters/

On the Authenticity of Plato's Letters | Atlantis FYI

Other then the Seventh, and occasionally a few others, Plato's Letters are ignored by scholars as later additions to the corpus by authors unknown. Why are these works thought to be spurious, and is it possible that they are authentic?

More recently I wrote a post asking How Unfinished is Critias? Critias is the second part of the Timaeus-Critias duology and ends just as Zeus is about to pass judgment. How much of the story was left to tell? Did Plato leave Critias unfinished on purpose?

https://atlantis.fyi/blog/how-unfinished-is-critias/

How Unfinished is Critias? | Atlantis FYI

That Critias is unfinished is taken for granted. The dialogue abruptly ends, just as Zeus is about to speak to the collected group of gods. But how unfinished is Critias? How much of the story is left to tell?