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Plato's Atlantis
After Plato, Atlantis is conspicuous by its absence in Greek and Roman history. It reappears after 1492 when Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean. The discovery of a new landmass creates a ripple effect in European discourse about who are these people? And one of the first things that gets asked is this Atlantis? Ahhh! It's America at Atlantis, which is a kind of fascinating thing.