Ännu en atlantisteori...

[Dûrion Annûndil]

Shortly after the start of the Peloponnesian War and the third in a series of epidemics that ravaged Athens, the summer of 426 BC brought one of the most disastrous earthquakes recorded in the ancient sources. Contemporary reporters tell of widespread building collapse, destruction caused by seismic sea-waves (tsunamis) and thousands of victims. Although its effects were concentrated north of Athens, near modern-day Lamia, there were wider ramifications. A Spartan army camped 100km west of Athens at the Isthmus of Corinth were poised to attack the city, but numerous violent earthquakes forced them to flee home.

Meanwhile the seismic sea-wave wreaked havoc along much of the coast north of Athens, including an island called Atalante where an Athenian fort and several warships were destroyed. Accounts by later writers such as Diodorus Siculus (first century BC) and Strabo (first century AD) actually report that the island of Atalante was created as a consequence of the seismic sea wave. The high death toll, widespread damage and dramatic coastline changes would no doubt have exacerbated the tense situation endured by an Athens besieged by war and epidemics.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/gr ... s_03.shtml

Platon skulle alltså fått uppslaget till sin historia från naturkatastrofer i sin samtid, och namnet från en drabbat plats?[/i]

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Jag tror på Jim Allen's teori!

[Widsith]

Det vet väl alla att Atlantis låg mellan Tjörn och Orust...

Allvarligt talat, prästen Amonhotep som är den verklige berättaren i Platons story om Atlantis säger ju att detta låg bortom Herakles stoder. Minsta barn i den antika världen visste att detta var bortom Gibraltar. Dessutom har ju vår egen Rudbeck bevisat att vi därmed kan förlägga Atlantis till Gamla Uppsala, inte bara svenska rikets utan också världens alla civilisationers vagga.