Atlantis and the Flood Story - How Did They Come Together?

The idea that Atlantis was destroyed in a flood, obviously could appeal to people thinking about how to relate paganism and Christianity as Christianity is becoming more popular. But the version of the Atlantis myth we're talking about many today is a much more modern one. So how does that come about? And how does it get connected to the Mesoamerican world? Yeah, this is actually really fascinating because even these limited discussions of Atlantis that existed in late antiquity, they weren't very popular,. They weren't something that was paid attention to that much.