Why do scholars believe that Atlantis was a fictional place created by Plato

Answer: Because he was showing his ideology and theories trough it.

Explanation:

They believe that Atlantis was a fictional place because of the beliefs that Plato actually created his story to show people some of his philosophical theories. In this story, we can see some of his ideas that are also shown in his later works such as ideas of human society or human nature. The legend is having stories about spiritual, moral and utopian civilization and because of their greedy behavior, the gods became angry and because of that Atlantis has sunk. Scholars are also believing that is impossible for some town to be gone because of the gods.