Crantor (c. 340-275 BC) was born in Soli, Cilicia, now part of Turkey. He is recognised as the first commentator on Plato’s work and a firm believer in the reality of Plato’s Atlantis story. His original text is lost but fortunately much is preserved in the writings of Proclus Lycaeus. It is widely accepted that Crantor either travelled to Egypt in person or used an agent to confirm that the Egyptian record of Atlantis was still in existence there. Crantor would only have been in his late teens when Aristotle died, circa 322 BC and so it is extremely improbable that Crantor had the Atlantis story confirmed before Aristotle’s death.