Show never positive proof that atlantis At lanti existed according to ancient tradition at batir nas vias the came of a large island or continent which existed at a very early period in the atlantic ocean and eventually vim as sunk beneath the VMS an account of it Is gh ca by plato ills writings tings state that in the at lantic alantic ocean over against the pillars of hercules there was once an Is land was larger than asia and africa together or the then existent notion of the extent of these continents and near it lay other islands through which there was i a passage to a large continent beyond ane thousand years before platos time eald said the tradition the island land of atlantis Atlant ts wai was thickly settled and very powerful it held sway over africa as far as egypt and over a large part of europe but the advance of its conquering power wa was checked b the valor of the greeks at last during a violent earthquake which lasted a day and a night and was accompanied by inundations of the the island was wholly sub merged the account adde adds that many years ther thereafter cafter the sea in to thi this part inas because of the shoals caused by the sunken lands this ancient legend may and ably did have some historical cir cum stances for foundation but what these were mere no historian has ever been able to determine |