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.
DLM4473 t1_ivn009j wrote
>(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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