Re: Atlantis (was Re: Juvenile fooleries (was: Re: Neanderthal and PIE (Long!))
| From: | Lars Finsen <lars.finsen@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, October 19, 2008, 22:50 |
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Den 17. okt. 2008 kl. 23.19 skreiv Jörg Rhiemeier:
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> The dates given in Plato's tale are
> of course complete hogwash,
> ...
> To conclude: I think Atlantis is just a tall tale Plato
> invented to make a philosophical point, but he may have
> drawn on stories that were in circulation in his time,
> including tales about the Santorini catastrophe
If Plato exaggerated the size of Atlantis by a factor of 10, its
dimensions would fit reasonably well with Crete, and if he
exaggerated the age by the same factor, it would fit reasonably well
with the time of the mentioned catastrophe, it seems. Cheap
storytelling trick, I guess.
LEF