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[Nick Wedig]

>I hate to get all mundane on you, but a it's probably because in the
>dialogue, Plato has Socrates claiming it's true and the story was handed
>down from Solon.  Everyone seems to take this as fact.  However, there's
>no reason to actually think this.  It lends an air of veracity to what
>is otherwise another simple allegory.  I can find no reference to Solon
>writing about Atlantis that doesn't wind up being from Plato.

The thing is, Socrates says that about a bunch of the other allegories as well.  Not always Solon, but he claims that the story about, say, the guy with the ring of invisibility (the standard fantasy staple long before it was so) is true and he heard it from some reliable source, but no one believes that.  (Actually, the guy witht he invisibility ring might be an anecdote from Herodotus, but the point remains).

Mr. Teapot
and his magic power ring

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