It was stated that this city of ours was in command of the one side and fought through the whole of the war, and in command of the other side were the kings of the island of Atlantis, which we said was an island larger than Libya and Asia once upon a time, but now lies sunk by earthquakes and has created a barrier of impassable mud which prevents those who are sailing out from here to the ocean beyond from proceeding further. Now first of all we must recall the fact that 9000 is the sum of years since the war occurred, as is recorded, between the dwellers beyond the pillars of Herakles (Heracles) and all that dwelt within them which war we have now to relate in detail. This, then, I must at once proceed to do, and procrastinate no longer. " If I can sufficiently remember and report the tale once told by the priests and brought hither by Solon, I am wellnigh convinced that I shall appear to the present audience to have fulfilled my task adequately. For which reason the sea in those parts is impassable and impenetrable, because there is a shoal of mud in the way and this was caused by the subsidence of the island." But afterwards there occurred violent earthquakes and floods and in a single day and night of misfortune all your warlike men in a body sank into the earth, and the island of Atlantis in like manner disappeared in the depths of the sea.
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And when the rest fell off from her, being compelled to stand alone, after having undergone the very extremity of danger, she defeated and triumphed over the invaders, and preserved from slavery those who were not yet subjugated, and generously liberated all the rest of us who dwell within the pillars. She was pre-eminent in courage and military skill, and was the leader of the Hellenes. This vast power, gathered into one, endeavoured to subdue at a blow our country and yours and the whole of the region within the straits and then, Solon, your country shone forth, in the excellence of her virtue and strength, among all mankind.
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Now in this island of Atlantis there was a great and wonderful empire which had rule over the whole island and several others, and over parts of the continent, and, furthermore, the men of Atlantis had subjected the parts of Libya within the columns of Herakles as far as Aigyptos (Egypt), and of Europe as far as Tyrrhenia. This power came forth out of the Atlantic Ocean, for in those days the Atlantic was navigable and there was an island situated in front of the straits which are by you called the Pillars of Herakles (Heracles) the island was larger than Libya and Asia put together, and was the way to other islands, and from these you might pass to the whole of the opposite continent which surrounded the true ocean for this sea which is within the Straits of Herakles is only a harbour, having a narrow entrance, but that other is a real sea, and the surrounding land may be most truly called a boundless continent. For these histories tell of a mighty power which unprovoked made an expedition against the whole of Europe and Asia, and to which your city put an end. But one of them exceeds all the rest in greatness and valour.
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"Many great and wonderful deeds are recorded of your state in our histories.
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POSEIDON & KLEITO (Plato Critias 113d) NAMES OF THE TEN KINGS OF ATLANTISĪTLAS, GADEIROS, AMPHERES, EUAIMON, MNESEOS, AUTOKHTHON, ELASIPPOS, MESTOR, AZAES, DIAPREPRES (Plato Critias 114b)ĬLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES PLATO'S ISLAND OF ATLANTIS Sprung self-formed from GAIA the Earth (Plato Critias 113d) PARENTS OF KLEITO FIRST PRINCESS OF ATLANTISĮUENOR & LEUKIPPE (Plato Critias 113d) PARENTS OF THE TEN KINGS OF ATLANTIS Other realms proposed by philosophers and writers which resemble Atlantis include the fabulous southern island of Pankhaia (Panchaea) and the blessed Heliades islands.įAMILY OF THE ATLANTEAN KINGS PARENTS OF EUENOR FIRST KING OF ATLANTIS Plato may have the same nation in mind for he names the second Atlantean king Gadeiros after a famous Phoenician colony near the Straits of Gibraltar. Diodorus Siculus describes their Titan-mythology and wars with the Libyan Amazones. The term "Atlanteans" was also applied by the Greeks to the Phoenician colonies along the Barbary Coast of North Africa-i.e. ATLANTIS was a legendary island realm of the far west which was sunk beneath the ocean by the gods to punish its people for their immorality.