A historical golden city or a mythical tale?
The Tale of Atlantis, a lost city of ancient times is a story that has captured the imagination of more... more... every person throughout time, since it was first written about in ancient greece. The incredible riches, the superior intelligence and natural beauty of the island weighed against its eventual destruction has struck a chord with the imagination of people all over the world.
The primary evidence fo Atlantis is written in Plato's books Critias and Timaeus, written around 355BC. In his works, he describes a wonderful land, full of riches and knowledge. However, Plato's work has a number of critics. Aristotle, for one, believed that Plato had made Atlantis up, and that it therefore had never existed. This view has also been echoed all around the world from people claiming it to be a tale of the Minoan civilisation of Crete.
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