THE LOST CITY OF ATLANTIS

THE LOST CITY OF ATLANTIS
– The Facts
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The mystery of the lost city of Atlantis still
captures the imagination of millions. Was it real or
just myth. Here are the basic facts.
Solon (638 BC–558 BC) was a famous Athenian
statesman, lawmaker, and Lyric poet who allegedly heard
the story of Atlantis from Egyptian priests that he was
visiting that claimed that the Athenians had forgotten their
true history because from time-to-time their civilization
had been largely destroyed by catastrophes.
Has Christos found Atlantis?
Atlantis was first described by the Greek philosopher Plato
more than 2,000 years ago.
While many believe the story is a myth created by Plato
to illustrate his theories about politics, others insist it is
based on a real historical disaster.
According to Plato’s account, written around  360BC,
Atlantis was a major sea power located in the Atlantic.
It was larger than ancient Libya and Asia Minor (modern
Turkey) put together, and was ‘the way to the other islands,
and from these you might pass to the whole of the
opposite continent’.
His account included detailed descriptions of the island –
with mountains in the north and along the coast, and a
plain in the  south.
Its kings were descended from Poseidon – the god of sea
– but their divine lineage became diluted as they mixed
with mortals.
By around 9600BC the island had conquered much of
Western Europe and Africa and enslaved its enemies.
This date would make the city nearly as old as the end of
the last ice age and pre-dates the earliest recorded city
states, found in what is now Iraq, so seems rather
unlikely.
After a failed attempt to invade Athens, the entire island
sank into the sea ‘in a single day and night of misfortune’.
Over the centuries, scholars have attempted to locate the
real Atlantis – believing the account was based on a real
ancient superpower.
One of the most plausible theories is that Plato was
describing the Minoan civilisation on Crete and the
neighbouring island of Santorini which was devastated by
a massive volcanic eruption around 1600BC.
Some believe the Atlantis myth was inspired  by the Black
Sea floods of around 5000BC – an event that may have
also generated the flood stories which appeared in the Old
Testament.