Plato, Timaeus, Page 25d: The island sinks

In one terrible day and night the Athenian warriors went down into the earth and the island of Atlantis sank into the sea. The sea there is still impassable because of the mud. Critias then turns to Socrates, and the sentence trails off.

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ἡμέραςhēmérasdayκαὶkaìandνυκτὸςnyktòsnightχαλεπῆςchalepêsterribleἐπελθούσηςepelthoúsēscame on,τόtótheτεtebothπαρʼparʼamongὑμῖνhymînyouμάχιμονmáchimonwarriorsπᾶνpânallἁθρόονhathróontogetherἔδυédysankκατὰkatàdown into

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