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The ‘lost’ city of Atlantis

HistoryExtra podcast

HistoryExtra

History

4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Edith Hall explores Plato’s legend of Atlantis and considers why the tale continues to endure 2,500 years on  Classicist Edith Hall, an expert on ancient Greek literature, explores Plato’s lost city of Atlantis. She considers our enduring fascination with the tale 2,500 years on and asks whether there ever was, in fact, a real Atlantis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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