I beg to differ...from Plato's Republic(376):
"In this education you would include stories, would you not?...These are of two kinds, true stories and fiction. Our education must use both, and start with fiction...
And the first step, as you know, is always what matters most, particularly when dealing with those who are young and tender (Like a lot of Freepers). That is the time when they are easily moulded and when any impression we choose leaves a permanent mark."
Lots of people tell, and have told, lots of stories; people discover things, and wonder what they mean; but no one has yet produced any evidence whatsoever, including on this thread, that Atlantis represented any real place at any real time.