THE MYTH OF LOST ATLANTIS
Atlantis is a legendary island first mentioned in scripts in two Platonic dialogues. After a failed attempt to invade Athens, the island sank "in a single day and night of misfortune" because of an earthquake. Many argue that Plato was inspired by earlier oral traditions, such as the eruption of Santorini and the Trojan War. However, modern research shows that there is indeed a possibility that Atlantis existed but was in the Atlantic Ocean.
According to the philosopher, the island had a mountain where an aboriginal woman lived, whom Poseidon fell in love with and had 10 boys. Poseidon created a palace for his beloved one at the mountain. The eldest of the sons was Atlas, who became king of the whole island and the ocean (which is called the Atlantic in his honor). The walls of the island were made of white, red and black stone, which was taken out of the trenches and were coated with tin, brass and bronze respectively.
There are many contradictory views about the existence of Atlantis, including two dominant views. From one point, some modern researchers argue that it is probable that Atlantis existed indeed but in the Atlantic Ocean, and some other say that it was close to modern Santorini because in 1967 in Santorini they discovered a city that sank around 1,500 B.C. due to a catastrophic volcanic eruption, which is believed by many archaeologists to be the lost city of Atlantis.
