# No: every ancient writer reviewed here who places Plato's Atlantis puts it in the Atlantic

> Still possible: No ancient source reviewed here puts Plato's Atlantis in North Africa: Plato and the later writers who repeat him put it in the Atlantic…

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Answer · Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis

# No: every ancient writer reviewed here who places Plato's Atlantis puts it in the Atlantic

No ancient source reviewed here puts Plato's Atlantis in North Africa: Plato and the later writers who repeat him put it in the Atlantic, and the Libyan names that sound alike, Herodotus's Atlantes and Diodorus's Atlantians, belong to peoples named after Mount Atlas, not to Plato's island.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Four pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Ancient writers who mention Plato's Atlantis describe it as an island or land in the Atlantic sea.
- The Libyan Atlantes and Atlantians are not described as sunk or as Plato's island.

## What would rule it out

- An ancient text that names Plato's Atlantis and places it on the African mainland or in the Sahara.

## Evidence 4 for · none against

[Every later ancient writer reviewed here who repeats Plato puts Atlantis at sea, in the Atlantic](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCPB804S9YE/every-later-ancient-writer-reviewed-here-who-repeats-plato)

Established

FOR

[Herodotus's Atlantes are a Libyan people named after Mount Atlas, with no island and no flood](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCPB8KZ8VPY/herodotuss-atlantes-are-a-libyan-people-named-after-mount)

Supported

FOR

[Plato places Atlantis in the Atlantic beyond the Pillars of Heracles, ruling Libya as far as Egypt](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKT8D9KGFB/plato-places-atlantis-in-the-atlantic-beyond-the-pillars-of)

Supported

FOR

[Those in antiquity who took the story as history also looked for it in the outer sea](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCPB8BYYC7D/those-in-antiquity-who-took-the-story-as-history-also-looked)

Supported

FOR

## The questions it answers

[Does any ancient source put Atlantis in North Africa or the Sahara?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/questions/QST0DCP9AWZEYGJ/does-any-ancient-source-put-atlantis-in-north-africa-or-the)

Part of [Is the Richat Structure the place Plato described as Atlantis?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/questions/QST0DCKRC3VMNXB/is-the-richat-structure-the-place-plato-described-as)

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). No: every ancient writer reviewed here who places Plato's Atlantis puts it in the Atlantic [Answer ANS0DCP9PXMGWYE]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DCP9PXMGWYE
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