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of  the people even today. Because



             of  generalizations given in the texts




             concerning the possible locations



             of  Atlantis, interpreters today still



             search for this city.









             Plato’s dialogues



             The first time that Atlantis was                                                                                            so that each deity might have their




             mentioned was in one of  Plato’s                                                                                            own lot. Atlantis was bequeathed



             dialogues called the Timaeus and                                                                                            to Poseidon. The island was larger




             Critias. It speaks of  a certain                                                                                            than Ancient Libya and Asia Minor



             adventurer who finds ancient text on                                                                                        combined, but it was later sunk




             Atlantis within Egyptian scriptures.                                                                                        by an earthquake and became an



             The deities of  old divided the land                                                                                        impassable mud shoal, inhibiting
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