DLM4473 t1_ivn009j wrote
Reply to comment by PDRugby in 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. by PDRugby
>(as far as I can tell) Plato has zero connection to
A number of people (Strabo being the first) have proposed that Pluto's story of Atlantis was a retelling of the Trojan War.
>and most certainly did not explain the location of
You sure about that ?
Do . . . Do you think trying to belittle someone's comment was a little premature and arrogant ?
Kussypat t1_ivnvm1u wrote
>You sure about that ?
Yes. That's the Iliad. Plato had nothing to do with the Iliad. Plato has nothing to do with the location of Troy either.
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