The Lost City of Atlantis - What Plato (Actually) Said

Many believe that the story of Atlantis was simply a work of fiction created by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. But who was Plato? And what did he actually say about Atlantis?

[julianmarsh]

I have read that Plato's translation of the Atlantis story, which came to him via Egypt, was marred by a mistranslation of the land's size. The original text claimed Atlantis was 80, 000 square miles but Plato's information gives it as 800, 000 square miles. Knowing this to be too large to be placed within the Mediterranean Sea, Plato set it out in the Atlantic.

[felixpoventud]

Atlantis, is older then people think! Plato learned of atlantis, thousens of years after atlantis sank!

[johnbehneman]

I WISH HE WAS ALIVE TODAY. I WOULD LOVE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH HIM. IF HE WAS NOT TO BUSY.

[spiritualarchitect]

Does Athanasius Kircher’s world famous Atlantis map (see 2:10) show the coast of America in Pre-Flood times? In other words, does it show the current coast of the Carolinas? Or does it actually show the now underwater, semi-continental shelf of America? Specifically, the rim of land whose peaks rise above the water between Puerto Rico and Trinidad. Where the Atlantic Plate crashed into the Caribbean Plate. Creating what we now call the Lesser Antilles.

We tend to think that the east coast of America sits across the Atlantic from Spain. BUT, if one were to draw a straight line across the globe - from Spain through The Great Meteor Seamount and beyond – that line would not go to North America, it would go straight to the Lesser Antilles.


We do not know if Kircher simply placed outliers on his copy of the map for reference, or if the outliers were on the original Egyptian map.

This harkens back to an old legend, that once said that Athanasius Kircher, a founder of Egyptology, found a map in the Vatican. This ancient map was created in Egypt and brought to Italy by the Romans sometime around 30 BCE. Kircher made a copy of the map and published it circa 1664. We have all seen it. But what most do not see, is that Kircher’s Atlantis map appears to be a map of The Great Meteor Seamount.

The problem is people think they are looking at a Continent, not an Island. This means the outliers on the map (Spain, America, etc.) are NOT in scale, they are merely location markers showing where the island sat in the ocean. Which is right where Plato said Atlantis was ~ in the Atlantic in front of the Pillars Of Hercules.

Kircher’s coast of Spain is not very accurate compared to what we know today. So did he draw that coast himself, using sailor maps from the mid 1600’s? Or did he make an exact copy of the original Egyptian?

This accuracy relates to the coast of America as well as the island itself. Great Meteor does resemble Kircher’s Atlantis, though the 2 small islands sit in different positions when compared to current maps. Were those 2 islands on the original map? Are they actually the 2 seamounts next to Great Meteor? Or did Kircher place them there to match Plato’s story which tells of islands between Atlantis and the outlying continent?

Of course, without the original map, we cannot know the answers to these questions, we can only ask them. But they are interesting to ponder.

The Egyptians could not have made a map of something if it was always underwater. That The Great Meteor Seamount could be Atlantis is very simple. If a landmass currently underwater was mapped in ancient times, that means that it was once above water. And not just above water but right where Plato said Atlantis was ~ in front of the Pillars Of Hercules.

It has been said that Plato’s Atlantis is supposed to be 5, 000 kilometers from Athens. So sits The Great Meteor Seamount. Plato said, “10 islands for 10 kings”. As seen on Kircher’s map, Great Meteor has 2 small islands next to it. Today these seamounts are known as Little Meteor and Closs. If we count these 2, as well as Great Meteor itself - and the giant Azores mass - we have a total of 10 islands. The others being the seamounts named Hyeres, Irving, Cruiser, Tyro, Plato and of course… Atlantis.

[kurt]

The reality is that the verbiage of the time was always presented in a pompous way, much like today's self-proclaimed "intellectuals." When we translate the story directly, there is no ambiguity. Plato points directly to the large area surrounding the Azore plateau. Period...
The one thing that needs more exposure is the fairly recent scientific testing of the sea floor in that area. The data shows beyond doubt that the rock, currently a few thousand feet below the surface, was definitely formed "above water." The beach sand found at that same depth also was above water... approximately 12, 000 years ago. These published papers are ignored by academia because they show the need for further investigation. That is a problem though... because science deemed it "myth" long ago. Due to the egotistical nature of scientists and their reliance on funding from the collective, they don't want to prove themselves wrong. They would rather spend billions looking at galaxies that we will never reach... instead of looking in our own backyard for direct evidence explaining human history.

[johnbehneman]

I DID NOT KNOW THAT PLATO WAS A RANKING SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER FOR HIS DAY.

[mnomadvfx]

The more precise version of the video title:

What Critias (not fully defined by the text) said in Plato's dialogue in which Plato does not appear and therefore says nothing.

People need to stop saying "Plato said x, y, z about Atlantis" because he didn't write the dialogues from his own perspective or in his own words.

[elgad]

Plato did not saw the atlantis., he just Heard to some else.,

[kucing_oyen]

Yeah your right., Before your American has found (?) where is the atlantic ocean?! (dark age and a monster?). I'll said, wrong places!

Write and remember this
Atlantis = Nusantara as Antar/Antara pulau
At = Antar
Land'tis = Pulau/Nusa

Antarctica, Mesopotamia (Between the river)
Between same as the Antara

Always denied about who's the first of civilization (y'all typically)

[saigonmonopoly]

islnd city states trded with athen libya centric round carthage designed alike could be in the straight of hercules or out of it

[saigonmonopoly]

larget thn dasi is it island then? collapsed in 1 night

[johnbehneman]

ATLANTIS COULD BE SYMBOLISM BEFORE THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. ATLANTIC COULD BE REAL OR FAKE. I DO NOT HAVE AN ANSWER.

[me-dsil]

It was originally a continent in the Atlantic (for which the Atlantic is named) eventually broken up into 5 large islands and *NOT* a city

[saigonmonopoly]

pompeii serveis ethana heraacluean hercleon ceaseriean crete all collapse all meditereanean atlantis why the hell not?

[fozzz-vboj]

Come On....
My Time is not Worthless
IS YOURS
Waste of MY time

[dp-]

Plato would not have told the story being a great philosopher, a man of science and different forms of quite complicated math, ect...

The story or history he speaks about is quite specific...

Ergo his research would have included viable books of resources, and other renowned people concerning the subject topic at hand...

Especially taking on the burden of writing on such a subject.

So?
no, he was not delusional.

There is no moral topic concerning this vid.

You would have to ask?
Where are all the writings, of the books he has read and studied from?.
That he was indeed privied? indeed had access too?

Most likely they were and are by majority, hidden away from the public in some vault out there, some where..
.
**Just like many other important documents scrolls and books down through history.

All be it this video was like a teaser short??
It was good.
👍👍👍👍👍

[Hannibal]

Atlantis ist Amerika Oll the sivilisaon from Karthago 3000 years

[TheMoneypresident]

Athens was a serious threat to Atlantis in the story. Why zero information there? They didn't exist when story was set.

[alphagerudo]

🤔 came across NBC stating Platos 'Tale' has inspired plenty of nonsense.
This only made me even more curious since they want new gen kids to believe it should be swept under the rug
Thank you for sharing!