Sanchuniathon
Sanchuniathon (c. 13-14th 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 Phoenicia from the original text(a) .
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’.