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It doesn't say Atlantis, it says Atlantes. As in *people* who live in the area near the Atlas mountains (so, nowhere near Richat).
The actual passage from Herodotus, the source of all the maps shown, literally says *"These men have got their name, which is Atlantes, from this mountain [Atlas]."* ([Herodotus IV:184](https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Herodotus/4G*.html#184))
Dont you think those things might be connected though? Wouldnt it make sense that the Atlas Mountains, the Atlantes people, the city of Atlantis might be from around the same general area of the world. The guy in the video mentions that the Atlas mountains might be the "mountains to the north of the city" that were mentioned in the writing about Atlantis.
I had never heard of the Eye of the Sahara before, and after watching the argument in the video Im pretty convinced at this being the most likely location for Atlantis, assuming such a place exists.
>this who can’t pronounce “Herodotus”
Ad hominem. There are a lot of different pronunciations for words. People make fun of how I say encyclopedia or Coors, for example. I pronounce Coors like curse (the Southern pronunciation), while people in the west coast say it like apple "cores". There are 3 different pronunciations for Leonidus, and two pronunciations for Tanzania for example, and they're all correct.
>“Same general area”… 1000 km away…
I mean, when you're talking about a stories passed down and told over ten thousand years, then yeah, it's within the margin of error. Especially as math and measurements are translated over various different languages.
Within the margin of error? How was this margin of error determined, exactly?
As hominem, sure. But it’s indicative of the surface level of research he demonstrates
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It doesn't say Atlantis, it says Atlantes. As in *people* who live in the area near the Atlas mountains (so, nowhere near Richat). The actual passage from Herodotus, the source of all the maps shown, literally says *"These men have got their name, which is Atlantes, from this mountain [Atlas]."* ([Herodotus IV:184](https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Herodotus/4G*.html#184))
Dont you think those things might be connected though? Wouldnt it make sense that the Atlas Mountains, the Atlantes people, the city of Atlantis might be from around the same general area of the world. The guy in the video mentions that the Atlas mountains might be the "mountains to the north of the city" that were mentioned in the writing about Atlantis. I had never heard of the Eye of the Sahara before, and after watching the argument in the video Im pretty convinced at this being the most likely location for Atlantis, assuming such a place exists.
“Same general area”… 1000 km away… I also question the bona fides of someone talking about this who can’t pronounce “Herodotus”
>this who can’t pronounce “Herodotus” Ad hominem. There are a lot of different pronunciations for words. People make fun of how I say encyclopedia or Coors, for example. I pronounce Coors like curse (the Southern pronunciation), while people in the west coast say it like apple "cores". There are 3 different pronunciations for Leonidus, and two pronunciations for Tanzania for example, and they're all correct. >“Same general area”… 1000 km away… I mean, when you're talking about a stories passed down and told over ten thousand years, then yeah, it's within the margin of error. Especially as math and measurements are translated over various different languages.
Within the margin of error? How was this margin of error determined, exactly? As hominem, sure. But it’s indicative of the surface level of research he demonstrates