# Dawson 2016: Introduction - Submergence: A special issue on Atlantis and related mythologies

> Helen Dawson, Philip Hayward, 2016. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for the scholarly consensus among archaeologists and classical…

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# Introduction - Submergence: A special issue on Atlantis and related mythologies

Helen Dawson, Philip Hayward, 2016. _Shima: The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures_ 10(2).

Introduction to a journal issue on Atlantis and drowned-land myths. It states that the island was in all likelihood Plato's invention to illustrate arguments about the Greek polity, the view of most archaeologists and classical philologists.

**Eye of the Sahara and AtlantisSecondary source** Articledoi: **[10.21463/shima.10.2.03](https://doi.org/10.21463/shima.10.2.03)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Cited for the scholarly consensus among archaeologists and classical philologists that Atlantis was Plato's invention.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[Archaeologists and classical philologists broadly agree Atlantis was Plato's invention](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKT9K6WVRP/archaeologists-and-classical-philologists-broadly-agree)

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[Plato tells the Atlantis story in the Timaeus and Critias](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/events/EVT0DCKQVJ8FJTK/plato-tells-the-atlantis-story-in-the-timaeus-and-critias)

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[The Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara)

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## Cite it

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Dawson, H., & Hayward, P. (2016). Introduction - Submergence: A special issue on Atlantis and related mythologies. Shima: The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.21463/shima.10.2.03
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[Read it free at shimajournal.org](http://shimajournal.org/issues/v10n2/c.-Dawson-Hayward-Introduction-Shima-v10n2.pdf)

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