An illustration by Sir Gerald Hargreaves shows a utopian scene on a cove of the mythical land of Atlantis. Many scholars ...

Critias also claims that a war was fought between Athens and Atlantis in the distant past. Fewer than 20 pages in Plato’s combined works deal with the Atlantis story.

What does not is Critias’ estimate that Atlantis was “larger than Libya and Asia put together,” and his assertion that Atlantis succumbed to volcanic eruption.

The legendary city of Atlantis has captivated explorers and scholars for centuries. Recent research suggests that the ruins ...

The story of Atlantis all starts with Plato. One of the OGs of philosophy, Plato had him some great thoughts, and people have claimed that all philosophical thought is now pretty much just a ...

The Unwritten Critias & the Lost Island Did Plato’s Atlantis exist? Alexander Jacob Wills, a blasé former scholar, receives an unexpected proposal: to continue the research project of his grandfather, ...

Atlantis was fist mentioned in Greek philosopher Plato's dialogues, Timaeus and Critias, about 2600 years ago. Various speculations have been made about the actual existence of the city.

Timaeus, the first book, is complete, but researchers do not have the full version of Critias. Atlantis was an empire Plato did reveal that Atlantis was an empire.

What is Atlantis? In 360 BC Plato, the Greek philosopher who was a student of Socrates and who taught Aristotle, wrote his dialogues Timaeus and Critias in which the island of Atlantis is described.

All of the characteristics [of Atlantis], including animals, plantations and natural mineral resources described in Critias are exactly the same as that of Sundaland,' Danny said.