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. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by PDRugby t3_yprx6z on November 8, 2022 at 4:54 PM in todayilearned 198 comments 834
greengo07 t1_ivon060 wrote on November 9, 2022 at 2:14 PM it has continually astounded and baffled me that people seem to just ignore the fact that Plato made it up. says so right there in the Timaeus. Permalink 1
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