Evidence · Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis

Classical scholarship reads Atlantis as Plato's own fiction, the earliest narrative fiction in Greek

Cameron calls it "virtually demonstrable" that Plato made the story up; Gill reads it as the earliest narrative fiction in Greek literature; Vidal-Naquet treats it as a fiction made to say something about the Athenian state; Nesselrath's lecture is titled Plato and the Invention of Atlantis.

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Atlantis was Plato's invention; the Richat only shares its ringed shape

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Classical scholarship reads Atlantis as Plato's own fiction, the earliest narrative fiction in Greek [Evidence EVD0DCPBP8XCFN2]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCPBP8XCFN2

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  title     = {Classical scholarship reads Atlantis as Plato's own fiction, the earliest narrative fiction in Greek},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DCPBP8XCFN2},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCPBP8XCFN2}
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