In Greek, are any words spelled similarly to Atlantis?

Question

Based upon my own research, I get the impression that the Atlantis myths, as well as various reports of the Egyptians being attacked by "sea peoples" were actually Minoan refugees. There is a good chance that a large island in the Mediterranean outside of Greece exploded in a volcanic eruption (think Krakatoa), and that the palace on Crete in Knossos was, in actually, a summer palace for the royal family. My guess is that the refugees both tried to settle in Egypt at this time, and were the foundation for the Atlantis myth that Plato wrote down. I wonder if any words in the native Greek sound or are spelled similarly to the Greek for Atlantis. Particularly, I'm wondering about anything similar to "water", "warrior", "refugee", "power", "island", etc.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Atlantis is directly from the Greek. Sometimes it is spelled Atlantikos. Most proper nouns are not changed much when going from one language to another. Athens is Athenas, Plato is Plato - none of the words you listed are remotely close to Atlantis in the original Greek.

Answer 2

There was a Greek warrior woman named Atalanta. She traveled with the great warriors of the the Heroic age. The most famous story of her concerns her running speed. She agreed to marry the man who could beat her in a foot race. The suitor who finally won her, did so by scattering golden apples along the route so that she would stop and pick them up.