The issue of when Atlantis supposedly existed has a huge impact on identifying it with a real civilisation. What does the ...

the version of Atlantis in Plato’s dialogues was anything but. Plato first told the story of the lost city in Timaeus and Critias, which serve, still, as the foundation of all other legends ...

Sadly, the idea that Thera is Atlantis – or even that its destruction inspired Plato's story – has been seriously questioned by experts. It turns out that Atlantis really is just a myth.