Atlantis is an island whose existence and location have never been confirmed. The first references to Atlantis are from the classical Greek philosopher Plato, who said it was engulfed by the ocean as the result of an earthquake 9,000 years before his own time. Most scholars now regard Plato's description of Atlantis as fiction, though it is often thought that Plato drew upon memories of past events such as the Thera eruption or the Trojan War. Other scholars argue that Plato's account was inspired by events of his own day.

Ancient accounts of Atlantis

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Plato

Plato's accounts of Atlantis are in his dialogues Timaeus and Critias, usually dated to the 360s B.C. These works contain the earliest known references to Atlantis.

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