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The Atlantes of Herodotus

A Libyan people named after Mount Atlas; location unknown

Herodotus's Atlantes0

Note

The point is nominal: it is set on the Atlas range because Herodotus names the Atlantes after Mount Atlas. He places them by a hill of salt, twenty days' journey from the Garamantes on the salt ridge that runs to the Pillars of Heracles (4.184–185), which does not fix a position. They are a people, not an island, and Herodotus never mentions Atlantis.

Cites 1

Histories, Book 4, chapters 178–185

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Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). The Atlantes of Herodotus [Place PLC0DCP7X7JT6RP]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DCP7X7JT6RP

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  title     = {The Atlantes of Herodotus},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Place, catalog key PLC0DCP7X7JT6RP},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DCP7X7JT6RP}
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