I’ve chased enough myths to know the trick is usually the same: a real event or place gets twisted by the storytellers around it. The Greeks had a real city—perhaps Miletus or a part of Crete—that sank, and Plato turned that into a lesson about hubris. Every lost city turns into a story that hides what actually happened. I keep looking for the original clues, then I strip the embellishment. It’s like peeling a newspaper’s front page. The truth is buried in the mundane, and the legend is the headline. So yes, Atlantis probably started with a fact, but the story grew up around it like a myth‑tide.

You got it. I’ve got a few leads on a submerged city off the Aegean that’s been hit by seismic activity. Satellite imagery shows a sudden break in the coastline around the 2nd‑century mark. The ruins are only a few meters below water, but the layout is oddly grid‑like, not what the Greeks would have built. Then there’s a set of pottery shards stamped with a symbol that looks like a sun over waves—could be a local cult’s mark. If I dig into the shipping logs from the 3rd century, I might find a reference to a “city of the sea” that vanished overnight. It’s rough, but it’s the kind of concrete hook that could turn a dream into a headline. Stay tuned.