Plato, Timaeus, Page 25a: The true sea and the kings of Atlantis

Critias finishes the geography: the island leads to the whole continent around the true ocean. He then describes the great power of kings that rose on Atlantis and how far it ruled.

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Critias

ἐπὶepìtoτὴνtḕntheκαταντικρὺkatantikrỳoppositeπᾶσανpâsanwholeἤπειρονḗpeironcontinentτὴνtḕnthe oneπερὶperìaroundτὸνtòn—ἀληθινὸνalēthinòntrueἐκεῖνονekeînonthatπόντονpóntonsea.

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25a The true sea and the kings of Atlantis. Critias: to the whole continent opposite, the one around that true sea. For all…

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