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Plato, Critias, Page 114a: Atlas, the eldest, made king
Poseidon gives his firstborn son his mother's home and the best and largest share, sets him as king over his brothers, and names him Atlas, from whom the island and the sea take their name.
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γενομένῳgenoménōito the first-bornτήνtḗn—τεte—μητρῴανmētrṓianhis mother'sοἴκησινoíkēsindwellingκαὶkaìandτὴνtḕntheκύκλῳkýklōiaround itλῆξινlêxinallotment,Read on word by word in the reader ›
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