I like the incorrect meme format. She finally got it right!
bookhead714 on
The “Sea Peoples” came from the northern and eastern parts of the Western Mediterranean. Several of their tribes have been tied to places in Anatolia and Italy. It’s not a big mystery, they’re just people.
Top_Willingness_8364 on
I need to read more Plato, but I am 99.999% sure Atlantis is an allegory.
zoqfotpik on
What if Atlantis was just the Netherlands?
ripgoodhomer on
Heinrich Schliemann & Odysseus locking hands and flexing meme over destroying ancient Troy.
MrMeme1426 on
Everyone knows Atlantis is in Iowa
PlatypusACF on
Didn’t Plato say Atlantis was fictional?!
yethos on
the sea peoples were just Greeks and Italians
Malvastor on
This has long been settled; we now know Atlantis was in Antarctica until it relocated to the Pegasus galaxy.
Electronic-Vast-3351 on
It was just an allegory for what Plato perceived as the failings of his society and a parable that it would lead to bad things.
Ceterum_Censeo_ on
I’m with her, Atlantis ain’t real, bro. Plato even said he was making it up as an allegory to prove a point. “Homer” said no such thing about the Iliad.
longingrustedfurnace on
Where’s Milo’s Atlantis video when you need it?
idontknowjuspickone on
It’s actually supposed to be Athens, but they kept misspelling it
Testicular-Fortitude on
We doing bs history conspiracy shit on here? Yuck
Scared_Spinach8853 on
I’m convinced Atlantis is now under the north sea and is doggerland
rouleroule on
Atlantis and Troy belong to completely different literary genres with different conventions. An ancient Greek epic such as the *Iliad* contains many real toponyms, and it was long suspected that Troy was either a real place or inspired by a real place (I personally think that the case for Hisarlik being the Homeric Troy not as strong as it’s often made to be, but that’s another debate).
Atlantis, on the other hand comes from a philosophical allegory, just like Plato’s cave. Nobody in their right mind would claim that Plato’s cave is actually a real place on Earth.
The thought expressed in the meme would be like saying “If the city of Paris appears in Marcel Proust’s novels and is also a real place on Earth, then maybe Alice’s Wonderland is real too, after all it also appears in a book, isn’t it?”
zebulon99 on
If atlantis was anywhere it was probably in Doggerland
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I like the incorrect meme format. She finally got it right!
The “Sea Peoples” came from the northern and eastern parts of the Western Mediterranean. Several of their tribes have been tied to places in Anatolia and Italy. It’s not a big mystery, they’re just people.
I need to read more Plato, but I am 99.999% sure Atlantis is an allegory.
What if Atlantis was just the Netherlands?
Heinrich Schliemann & Odysseus locking hands and flexing meme over destroying ancient Troy.
Everyone knows Atlantis is in Iowa
Didn’t Plato say Atlantis was fictional?!
the sea peoples were just Greeks and Italians
This has long been settled; we now know Atlantis was in Antarctica until it relocated to the Pegasus galaxy.
It was just an allegory for what Plato perceived as the failings of his society and a parable that it would lead to bad things.
I’m with her, Atlantis ain’t real, bro. Plato even said he was making it up as an allegory to prove a point. “Homer” said no such thing about the Iliad.
Where’s Milo’s Atlantis video when you need it?
It’s actually supposed to be Athens, but they kept misspelling it
We doing bs history conspiracy shit on here? Yuck
I’m convinced Atlantis is now under the north sea and is doggerland
Atlantis and Troy belong to completely different literary genres with different conventions. An ancient Greek epic such as the *Iliad* contains many real toponyms, and it was long suspected that Troy was either a real place or inspired by a real place (I personally think that the case for Hisarlik being the Homeric Troy not as strong as it’s often made to be, but that’s another debate).
Atlantis, on the other hand comes from a philosophical allegory, just like Plato’s cave. Nobody in their right mind would claim that Plato’s cave is actually a real place on Earth.
The thought expressed in the meme would be like saying “If the city of Paris appears in Marcel Proust’s novels and is also a real place on Earth, then maybe Alice’s Wonderland is real too, after all it also appears in a book, isn’t it?”
If atlantis was anywhere it was probably in Doggerland