# Aristotle is reported to have said Plato invented Atlantis and then sank it, as Homer did the Achaean wall

> Strabo reports that Posidonius preferred to say the Atlantis story might be true rather than that "its inventor caused it to disappear, just as did the…

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# Aristotle is reported to have said Plato invented Atlantis and then sank it, as Homer did the Achaean wall

Strabo reports that Posidonius preferred to say the Atlantis story might be true rather than that "its inventor caused it to disappear, just as did the Poet the wall of the Achaeans"; elsewhere Strabo gives that remark about the wall as Aristotle's.

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[Atlantis was Plato's invention; the Richat only shares its ringed shape](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCKSQBMD29D/atlantis-was-platos-invention-the-richat-only-shares-its)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Aristotle is reported to have said Plato invented Atlantis and then sank it, as Homer did the Achaean wall [Evidence EVD0DCPBNZ8E81T]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCPBNZ8E81T
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