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INUNDATION OF ATALANTE (426 BCE)

An even took place in 426 BCE that some scholars think might have come to influence Plato in his Atlantis story: earthquakes, tsunamis, and the inundation of a town called Atalante. The link takes you to the passage of Thucydideswhere this is described.

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Monday, January 29, 2018
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