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dialoguesrecordedbyhisdisciple,Plato.Andthoughthisgreatisland
ofAtlantishasneverbeenseenagain,yetagreatmanysmallerislands
havebeenfoundintheAtlanticOcean,andtheyhavesometimesbeen
losttosightandfoundagain.
Thereis,also,inthisoceanavasttractoffloatingseaweed,called
bysailorstheSargassoSea,–coveringaregionaslargeasFrance,–and
thishasbeenthoughtbymanytomarktheplaceofasunkenisland.
Therearealsomanyislands,suchastheAzores,whichhavebeen
supposedatdifferenttimestobefragmentsofAtlantis;andbesidesall
this,theremainsofthevanishedislandhavebeenlookedforinall
partsoftheworld.SomewritershavethoughtitwasinSweden,others
inSpitzbergen,othersinAfrica,inPalestine,inAmerica.Sincethe
depthoftheAtlantichasbeenmorethoroughlysounded,afewwriters
havemaintainedthattheinequalitiesofitsfloorshowsometraces
ofthesubmergedAtlantis,butthegeneralopinionofmenofscience
isquitetheotherway.ThevisibleAtlanticislandsareall,oralmostall,
theysay,ofvolcanicorigin;andthoughthereareridgesinthebottom
oftheocean,theydonotconnectthecontinents.
Atanyrate,thiswastheoriginalstoryofAtlantis,andthelegends
whichfollowinthesepageshavedoubtlessallgrown,moreorless,out
ofthisfirsttalewhichSocratestold.
