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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
     	
