Atlantis

At the center of Donnelly's thesis are similarities between widely separated cultures. This he interpreted as evidence that all civilization diffused outward from a central point: a now sunken continent in the mid-Atlantic. He cites mythological, linguistic, ethnographic & other evidence for his theory, which at the time seemed to add up to an airtight case. He proposes a literal interpretation of Plato's Atlantis account. He also ties it into the global flood myth-complex. These,...
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At the center of Donnelly's thesis are similarities between widely separated cultures. This he interpreted as evidence that all civilization diffused outward from a central point: a now sunken continent in the mid-Atlantic. He cites mythological, linguistic, ethnographic & other evidence for his theory, which at the time seemed to add up to an airtight case. He proposes a literal interpretation of Plato's Atlantis account. He also ties it into the global flood myth-complex. These, until recently, have been two of the most compelling unsolved puzzles of history. What was Plato writing about when he described the prehistoric civilization which disappeared overnight in a great catastrophe? Was this an historical account or a philosophical fable?