Posted on 09/19/2001 9:10:00 PM PDT by blam
>>”Either Plato (and possibly others) invented the story, or else it is based on fact.”
>>Heinreich Schleimann was ridiculed terribly for using the writing of Homer in his quest to find Troy. The ridicule ceased when he uncovered Troy by following the ‘myths’ of Homer. I expect something similar will be true of Atlantis.
You need to read “The Baltic Origins of Homer’s Epic Tales” by Felice Vinci
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