Show never positive proof that atlantis existed according to ancient tradition at lands was vins the nanie name of a large island or continent which existed at a very ear early ay period in the atlantic ocean find and eventually ft was us sunk beneath the waves flaves an account ot of it Is given by pluto ills writings state that in the atlantic ocean over oer against the pillars of hercules there was once an laland island which was vius larger than asia and africa together or ta alie ie then existent notion of the extent of blice continents and near it lay other islands through which there was a passage to a large continent tonti nent beyond nine thousand years before platos time said tile the tradition the island of atlantis Atlant ls was thickly settled and very powerful it held sway over oer africa as far as egypt and over oer a large part au t of europe but the advance of its conquering power was checked by 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 I 1 island was wholly submerged m ged the account adds that ronny many years thereafter the reatter the sea in this part was because of the shoals caused by the sunken lands this ancient legend may inny and ably did have some historical or clr cuni stances for foundation but what these were no historian has ever been able to determine |