Sanchuniathon (c. 13-14^th cent. BC) was a Phoenician writer whose work is now only available through the writings of Philo of Byblos (c. 100 AD), who claimed to have translated his Phoenicica from the original text.

Sanchuniathon, writing 600 years before Plato was born, refers to the original kings of Egypt calling them ‘Aleteans’. Some have speculated that this was an early form or corruption of ‘Atlanteans’.