# Plato presents the story as true history from Egypt, and some ancient readers took it so

> In the Timaeus Socrates calls the story "no invented fable but genuine history"; Plutarch says Solon heard it from priests in Egypt and began a poem on…

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# Plato presents the story as true history from Egypt, and some ancient readers took it so

In the Timaeus Socrates calls the story "no invented fable but genuine history"; Plutarch says Solon heard it from priests in Egypt and began a poem on it; Proclus reports that Crantor took it as plain history and that the Egyptian priests said it was written on pillars still preserved.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[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). Plato presents the story as true history from Egypt, and some ancient readers took it so [Evidence EVD0DCPBPPWJTJB]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCPBPPWJTJB
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[Session 2](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/sessions/SES0DCPG24DVVS2/session-2-atlantis-in-the-ancient-sources-the-green-sahara) · 28 Oct 2026

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