By talking and writing Plato learned
what was known and what was forgotten
Thus he discovered the truth
of the old stories
about Atlantis and he was ashamed
that no one knew it anymore
The dialogue stopped, it had become clear
to the wise men: the old names had been mis-
understood as if it were about something else
But the facts were the same
Kept back by them, the mystery remained
and the trauma faded again, forgotten
that with the great victory over the glorious city
the Greek civilization also was erased -
by the mighty resentment of the loser
whose trident heaved the final word
of shocks through the country and the bay
so that Argolis became the lamented Atlantis
Poem 1929 Amsterdam, 2018-11-17 Plato (ca. 427-347) did not finish the dialogue "Critias" Troy is "Atlantis", because the city is founded by Dardanus, the son of "Atlantis" Electra ("daughter of Atlas")
In 1180 BC earth and sea-quakes destroyed both the plains of Troy, and Argos, Tiryns and Mycenae; the Mycenaean culture with the Linear B was lost Collection:Short Sermons Keyword:Nature: force / violence