A brief summary of the legend of Atlantis Atlantis, in its legend, a large island in the western Ocean (the ocean to the west of the known world), located near the Pillars of Hercules. The first recorded information of Atlantis appears in “Timaeus” and “Critias”, two dialogues by Greek philosopher Plato. According to the information in “Timaeus”, the island was described to an Athenian statesman, named Solon, by an Egyptian priest who maintained that Atlantis …showed first 75 words of 291 total…

…showed last 75 words of 291 total…advanced the theory that Atlantis was once a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. Some associate the legend of Atlantis with the Greek island Thira, which experienced a massive volcanic eruption about 1500BC. Other theories have been based on archaeological discoveries that have variously identified the island with Crete, the Canary Islands, the Scandinavian Peninsula, and the Americas. Hopefully someday we will find out if the legend of Atlantis is a myth of a fact.