# Plutarch 1914: Life of Solon

> Plutarch, 1914. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Primary text: Plutarch on Solon hearing the Atlantis story from the priests of Saïs and…

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# Life of Solon

Plutarch, 1914. _Plutarch's Lives, vol. 1 (Loeb Classical Library)_.

Solon heard the story of the lost Atlantis from Psenophis of Heliopolis and Sonchis of Saïs and began a poem on it (26.1), which he gave up in old age (31.3); Plato took it up and died before finishing it, his only unfinished work (32.1–2).

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## What it's used for here

Primary text: Plutarch on Solon hearing the Atlantis story from the priests of Saïs and leaving his poem on it unfinished, and on Plato's unfinished telling (26.1, 31.3, 32.1–2).

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[Plato presents the story as true history from Egypt, and some ancient readers took it so](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCPBPPWJTJB/plato-presents-the-story-as-true-history-from-egypt-and-some)

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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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Plutarch (1914). Life of Solon. Plutarch's Lives, vol. 1 (Loeb Classical Library). https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Solon*.html
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