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Re:Was Atlantis a Minoan Civilization on Santorini Island? by weatherlight on Monday November 06, 2023 @12:49PM (#38165951)
also, if you go and check out Homer's description of Troy, there isn't the level of detail that Plato provides for Atlantis, or at least his understanding of Atlantis. Whether or not Atlantis existed, it would seem to me that at least Plato thought of fit as a real place rather than an allegorical one.

Usually when a mythical city is described, the author highlights their mystery, utopian qualities, or moral lessons they impart, rather than providing a blueprint of their layout and structure.

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Re:Was Atlantis a Minoan Civilization on Santorini Island? by astrange on Monday November 06, 2023 @01:30PM (#38166642)
Some people have pointed out that the layout is similar to Syracuse, which Plato had recently been living in.
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Re:Was Atlantis a Minoan Civilization on Santorini Island? by d0mine on Monday November 06, 2023 @01:57PM (#38167048)
There is a map of Middle-Earth. It doesn't mean the place is real.
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Re:Was Atlantis a Minoan Civilization on Santorini Island? by weatherlight on Monday November 06, 2023 @02:04PM (#38167180)
The map of middle earth isn't in the middle of a philosophical treatise on understanding the nature of the physical world and the composition of the universe..... :/
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Re:Was Atlantis a Minoan Civilization on Santorini Island? by yesbabyyes on Monday November 06, 2023 @02:37PM (#38167717)
It's rather in the middle of a story populated with (demi-)gods interfering in the affairs of men, mythical creatures, and heroes of elvish descent. And hobbitses. Filthy, nasty hobbitses!
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Re:Was Atlantis a Minoan Civilization on Santorini Island? by weatherlight on Monday November 06, 2023 @02:55PM (#38167984)
:)
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Re:Was Atlantis a Minoan Civilization on Santorini Island? by ffgjgf1 on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @03:14AM (#38174402)
And Utopia is.. it’s perfectly valid genre. Inventing a fantasy world to convey your theoretical ideas in a more approachable way seems like a very sensible approach.

For that matter Tolkien to claims that his world is actually set on our planet just thousands of years ago.

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