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Plato, Critias, Page 113d: Evenor, Cleito and the rings of Poseidon

Critias introduces the earth-born man Evenor, his wife Leucippe and their only daughter Cleito. After her parents die, Poseidon falls in love with her and rings her hill with alternate belts of sea and land.

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γῆςgêsthe earthἀνδρῶνandrônmenγεγονότωνgegonótōnsprung upΕὐήνωρEuḗnōrEvenorμὲνmèn—ὄνομαónomaname,γυναικὶgynaikìwifeδὲdèandσυνοικῶνsynoikônliving withΛευκίππῃLeukíppēiLeucippe·

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