Atlantis; The Cypriot empire

Was Cyprus the island of Atlantis? A Mediterranean empire with its centre in Cyprus? In antiquity people used to believe that. Hebrew texts call the whole of the Mediterranean basin "The Lands of Kittim" Kittim being the ancient name for modern day Larnaca. Other ancient writers clearly state that Cyprus once ruled all the islands. You find it difficult to believe? Don't worry you are not the first one. Plato felt the need to start his Atlantis text with: "Then listen, Socrates, to a tale which,