Investigating Atlantis and Other Lost Cities

Investigating Atlantis and Other Lost Cities — page 7
INVESTIGATING ATLANTIS AND OTHER LOST CITIES CRITIAS Plato returns to Atlantis in much bolder detail in his next dialogue Critias named after the main narrator Critias recounts that the Greek god of the sea Poseidon married a mortal woman Their descendants came to rule over the nortal woman Shus Izrulie Adlarddis a oils abſorpts ex mente Earptorum et A Platorris Iefruptio Africa Ocements C Atlanticis Infula Atlantis America Alfp This 1664 engraving of Atlantis places the lost continent between Europe and Africa left and the Americas right The upper left text translates to The site of Atlantis now beneath the sea according to the beliefs of the Egyptians and the description of Plato 10