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Meropis
Meropis (Ancient Greek: ) is a fictional island mentioned by ancient Greek writer Theopompus of Chios in his work "Philippica", which is only fragmentarily maintained via Aelian.〔Fragments see ''FGrHist'' 115 F 75.〕
== Background ==
The story of Meropis is neither a utopia nor a political allegory; it is a parody of Plato's Atlantis, in a similar vein to the ''True History'' which parodied Homer's ''Odyssey''.〔HG Nesselrath (1998). "Theopomps Meropis und Platon". GFA 1: 4–7.〕 Theopompos somewhat overstates many of Plato's aspects of the Atlantis myth. While it is an Egyptian priest who is telling Solon the story of Atlantis according to Plato's ''Timaeus'',〔Plato, ''Timaeus'' 23e.〕 it is an Ipotane (a mythical half-man half-horse creature) who is telling the Meropis story to king Midas according to Theopompus ''Philippica''. Although Atlantis was incredibly big by Plato's account, Theopompus describes Meropis as even bigger, to make it completely absurd. Also, while the invading Atlanteans were beaten by Athens due to its perfect society, the ''Méropes'' (Μέροπες)—attacking with an army of ten million soldiers—attempt to conquer Hyperborea, but return in disgrace after realizing that the Hyperboreans were the luckiest people on earth and not worth looting.〔HG Nesselrath (1998). "Theopomps Meropis und Platon". GFA 1: 6.〕
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