Message #147276

[Doug Fisher]

Hello Qoais,

Sorry for not responding earlier.

Hi Guys
Morrison I might have asked you this before, but remember when Plato talked about the harbour being full of ships and how all the other countries sent goods to Atlantis?  In this scenario, where would be all these other countries that were doing trade with Atlantis?

But WHO were all these other countries doing trade with her? that filled her harbours with "Triremes"? that brougt all kinds of goods to her?

The account does not say specifically, but it likely included the inhabitants of the Mediterranean, the same individuals they would later wage war against. As for foreign 'triremes' in the harbor, it seems more likely that it was Atlantis' own vessels doing the transporting, being such a large and wide-reaching empire "many things were brought to them from foreign countries" as opposed to "many things were brought to them by foreign countries."

"They had such an amount of wealth as was never before possessed by kings and potentates, and is not likely ever to be again. Because of the greatness of their empire many things were brought to them from foreign countries. The island itself provided most of what was required by them for the uses of life." (Critias)

-Doug