Is it true that Lost Atlantis is found in Santorini island of Greece?
I dive there and didn't see anything but local people say that many years ago there was Atlantis. Does anyone know more about it?
Not fully sure, but got references that suggest so below from santorini.com:
Santorini : The Lost City of Atlantis
Santorini has often been connected with Atlantis, the legendary continent that plunged to the bottom of the sea while it was at its zenith. The mystery surrounding the destruction of the one, and the disappearance of the other has preoccupied scientists for generations.
The starting points for the debate about Atlantis are the references to be found in Plato's dialogues 'Timaeus' (21E-25D) and 'Critias' (108E-121C). According to the account given in the former, Athenian lawyer Solon visited Egypt (590 BC) where he was told the story of Atlantis by a priest at Sais: "a great and wonderful state which ruled over the other islands" which owed its power to the civilization that had evolved there.
The kingdom consisted of two islands, the 'larger' and the 'smaller', and there were ten cities. Of these only two were mentioned specifically, the 'Metropolis' and the 'Royal City'.
The people of Atlantis launched an attack on Athens 900 years before Solon had talked to the priest. But the Athenians defeated them and liberated all the lands that Atlantis had conquered.
Later Atlantis suffered a terrible earthquake and a flood, sinking in its entirety into the sea. Finds from the excavations at Akrotiri have led scholars to conclude that the lost Atlantis was none other than Santorini. However over the centuries, as myth was retold, experts beg to differ. Professor Marinatos identified Atlantis with Minoan Crete. Perhaps Crete was the 'larger' island, the 'Royal City', while Santorini, with which Crete had ties, would have been the 'Metropolis' or 'smaller' island.
The question still remains: was there such a place as Atlantis?
What does Greek Santorini have to do with Atlantis? And if Atlantis is not here, where is Atlantis? There have been many flawed arguments in support of the Minoan hypothesis of Atlantis at Santorini (Thera). read more
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