Theories About Atlantis

Atlantis was said to be a place that The Greek God Poseidon built for a mortal he loved. Then he gave his oldest son Atlas the island to control. It was said to be on the Atlantic Ocean. It was said to be located beyond the pillars of Hercules. It was a great place. Then at one point it sunk under water. All because of “Zeus, the god of gods, who rules according to law, and is able to see into such things, perceiving that an honorable race was in a woeful plight, and wanting to inflict punishment on them, that they might be chastened and improve, collected all the gods into their most holy habitation, which being placed in the centre of the world, beholds all created things and when he had called them together, he spake as follows – “(Plato) There are many theories about Atlantis, one is it is just made up. Atlantis was really by Plato in Timaeus/Critias. In the story it was said to be amazing island with a gold statue of Poseidon. “Now in this island of Atlantis there was a great and wonderful empire which had rule over the whole island and several others, and over parts of the

This could be true because it was on an island and they built palaces. It also existed before Plato like it is stated. The Minoan civilization collapsed because of a volcanic eruption that was cause by an earthquake which could be the fire and earthquake part of how Atlantis sunk. “But afterwards there occurred violent earthquakes and floods; and in a single day and night of misfortune all your warlike men in a body sank into the earth, and the island of Atlantis in like manner disappeared in the depths of the sea” (Plato)/full Quote. Historians believe that a Tsunami hit the island after the eruption which wiped out the cities on the island. So maybe Plato Retold the story of Minoan but add parts to make it interesting or maybe when he heard about it and the story could had changed so that is probably how he wrote