Thorwald_Franke: Both books tell the story of Plato in Atlantis, one as a science book, the other as a novel.

Thorwald_Franke: Both books tell the story of Plato in Syracuse, the one form a Classics professor's perspective, the other from a modern philosopher's perspective.

Thorwald_Franke: Luce tries to clarify the basis of the Atlantis story, whereas Rudberg tries to give a concrete solution on such a basis.

Thorwald_Franke: Vidal-Naquet prefers Herodotus' Histories as model for Plato's Atlantis, but Rudberg makes a different proposal: Syracuse in the west, where Plato tried to realize his political ideas.

Thorwald_Franke: One of the most likely explanations of the background of the Atlantis story in Plato's Timaeus and Critias is given in Gunnar Rudberg's analysis: Plato's struggle to realize his political ideas in Syracuse.

Thorwald_Franke: Sprague de Camp tries to explain why Atlantis cannot be real, but Gunnar Rudberg gives one of the most likely explanations, what really was the background, then.

Thorwald_Franke: Both books center on the idea that Syracuse was the model for Plato's Atlantis; Gunnar Rudberg is more consequent and scientific, whereas Castleden pleases more to the needs of a pleasent read.

Thorwald_Franke: Both books center on the idea that Syracuse was the model for Plato's Atlantis; Gunnar Rudberg is more consequent and scientific, whereas Forsyth pleases more to the needs of a pleasent read.