Atlantis and its location?

[The Black Prince]

Leaving the palace and passing out across the three harbours, you came to a wall which began at the sea and went all round: this was everywhere distant fifty stadia from the largest zone or harbour, and enclosed the whole, the ends meeting at the mouth of the channel which led to the sea. The entire area was densely crowded with habitations; and the canal and the largest of the harbours were full of vessels and merchants coming from all parts [...]

~ Plato, Critias.

A lot of us know our part of the various Atlantis theories that are around and some might believe init, while others might deem it nonsense.

For those who don't know what Atlantis is (or just want a short read up).

For those who want more information about some of the hypothetical locations:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locatio...es_of_Atlantis
http://www.atlantipedia.com/

In the poll I have selected some of the locations that are given by the various persons that say that they have located it. Please select your option or if you have another idea.. elaborate..

[Amapola]

Tartessos?

[Comte Arnau]

Yes, Tartessos is clearly missing, and my vote is for it.

[The Black Prince]

I only put up some of the options, apparantely I should have added Tartessos.

Herodot (a Greek historian, 5th century BC) mentions a city known as Tartessos, located beyond the Pillars of Hercules. He also points out that the returning Greek seafarers made a bigger profit than any Greek before them.

In the south of Spain, 10 000-year-old precious metal mining stocks as well as several colossal buildings have been brought into connection with the Tartessan culture. Some researchers think that Tartessos was actually Atlantis. This Atlantis stretched from the south of Spain to Morocco, i.e. the very region connected with the Tartessan culture. In my opinion, the doom of Tartessos must not necessarily be the result of a catastrophe. Rather, it could have been destroyed by the powerful commercial metropolis of the Carthagians who violently fought their enemies.

It could also be that Tartessos was an Atlantean colony unable to survive after Atlantis was lost. However, this theory is valid only in case Atlantis was situated in the Atlantic Ocean. It is equally possible that Atlantis never existed. Maybe the Egyptians simply described an aspiring trading nation like Tartessos that fell victim to its rivals.

http://www.atlantia.de/atlantis_engl..._tartessos.htm

[Damião de Góis]

According to an old spectrum game i had called Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis i think it was in the Azores. My vote goes to the Azores

(although the greeks who wrote about Atlantis didn't know about the existance of the Azores at the time... )

[Mesrine]

A Mediterranean island with an impressive Megalithic culture. Sardinia, Minorca...

[Stefan]

Too bad all of the Nordicists have left or been banned. I could see them saying, "The people of Atlantis were Nordid, just like the ancient Greeks and Romans. It was those Negroid-Meds that brought it's decline and destruction." I'm just joking. At least I don't actually think anybody would say that.

[Absinthe]

I have this book:



sitting on my book shelf for quite a while... Time to read it, it seems

[Cato]

Bollocks, of course, because the legend also states that Athens fought a war against Atlantis in about ~10,000bce. People read everything about Atlantis except what's written in Plato's Timaeus and Critias.

[SwordoftheVistula]

Too bad all of the Nordicists have left or been banned. I could see them saying, "The people of Atlantis were Nordid, just like the ancient Greeks and Romans. It was those Negroid-Meds that brought it's decline and destruction." I'm just joking. At least I don't actually think anybody would say that.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis_Found