That the other commenter said Troy was exactly where Plato said it was. Troy, the city most famously described in the Iliad, which was written 400 years before Plato lived, was destroyed 400 years prior to that, and that (as far as I can tell) Plato has zero connection to and most certainly did not explain the location of.
So I did not expect the vehement responses here, but as another commenter pointed out, this topic was apparently covered on the Joe Rogan Experience and disagrees with what I have posted here.
While I did post this as a "fact", it is evidently disputed, and so in lieu of being able to edit the title, please add "Many Scholars Believe that..." to the beginning of my post when you read it.
I really appreciate this warning- I had no idea what I was wading in to here, and couldn't figure out why I has getting so much hate for what (I thought) was a pretty well established fact.
PDRugby OP t1_ivmxo0y wrote
Reply to comment by DLM4473 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
That the other commenter said Troy was exactly where Plato said it was. Troy, the city most famously described in the Iliad, which was written 400 years before Plato lived, was destroyed 400 years prior to that, and that (as far as I can tell) Plato has zero connection to and most certainly did not explain the location of.