Based upon my own research, I get the impression that the Atlantis myths, as well as various reports of the Egyptians being attacked by “sea peoples” were actually Minoan refugees. There is a good chance that a large island in the Mediterranean outside of Greece exploded in a volcanic eruption (think Krakatoa), and that the palace on Crete in Knossos was, in actually, a summer palace for the royal family. My guess is that the refugees both tried to settle in Egypt at this time, and were the foundation for the Atlantis myth that Plato wrote down. I wonder if any words in the native Greek sound or are spelled similarly to the Greek for Atlantis. Particularly, I’m wondering about anything similar to “water”, “warrior”, “refugee”, “power”, “island”, etc.
Thanks!