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Curious Tranflation from 
he called Atlas, whence the whole ifland 
was at that time denominated Atlantic. 
But che twin ion that was born imme- 
diately after Atlas, and who was allotted 
zhe extreme parts of the ifland, towards 
the pillars of Hercules, as far ‘as to the 
tegion which at pr-fent, from that place, 
is called Gadiric, he denominated ac- 
cording to his mative tongue Gadirus, 
but which we call in Greek -Eumelus. 
Of his fecond twin offspring, he calied 
one Arapheres, and the other Hudzmon. 
The firfi-born of his chird offspring he 
denominated Mnefeus, and the fecond 
Autecshthon. _The elder of his fourth 
iffue he called Elafippus, and the younger 
Meftor. And, laftly, he denominated the 
firfi-born of his fifth iflae Azaes, and 
the fecond Diaprepes. Ali thefe and 
their progeny dwelt in this place for a 
prodigious number of generations, ruling 
over many other iflands, and cxtending 
their empirg, as we have faid before, as 
far asto Egypt and Tyrrbenia. But the 
race of Atlas was by far the moft honour- 
able; and of thefe, the oldeft king al- 
ways left the kingdom, for many gene- 
rations, to the eldeft of his offspring. 
Thefe too pofle#ed wealth in fuch abund- 
ance as to furpafs, in this refpedt, all rhe 
kings that were prior to thems; nor will 
any that may fucceed them eafily cbtain 
the like. They had likewife every thing 
provided for them, which, both in a 
city and every other place, is fought 
after as ufeful for the purpofes of life. 
And they were fupplied indeed with 
many things from foreign countries, on 
account of thelr extenhve empire, but 
the ifland afforded them the greater part 
of every thing of which they ftood in 
need. In the firft place, the ifland fup- 
plied them with fuch things as are dug 
our of mines in a folid ftate, and with 
“fuch ‘as are melted; and Orichaicum, 
which is now but feldom mentioned, but 
then was much celebrated, was dug out 
of the earth in many parts of the ifland, 
and was coniidered as the moft honourable 
“of ail metals except gold. Whatéver too 
the woods afford for builders the ifland 
produced in abundance. There were 
hikewile fufficient paftures there for tame 
and favage animals ; together with a pro- 
digious number of elephants. 
were pattures for all fuch animals as 
are fed in lakes and rivers, on mountains 
afid ia plains. And im like manner there 
xvas fuffictent aliment for the largeft and 
moft voracious kind of animals. Befides 
‘this, whatever of odoriferous the earch 
sourifhes at prefent, whether roots or 
Plato, by Mr. Taylor. 
grafs, or wood, or juices, or gums, 
For there © 
flowers, or fruits—thefe the ifland pro- 
duced, and produced them well. Again, 
the ifland bore mild and dry fruits, fuch 
as we ufe for food, and of which 
we make bread (alimenr of this kind 
being denominated by us leguminous), 
together with fuch meats, drinks, and 
ointments, as trees afford. Here like- 
wife there were trees, whofe fruits are 
ufed fur the fake of {port and pleafure, 
and which ir is difficult to conceal ; to- 
gether with fuch dainties as are ufedas 
the remedies of fatiety, and are grateful 
to the weary. Ali thefe an ifland, which 
once exifted, bore facred, beautiful, and 
wonderful, and in infiaite abundance. 
The inhabitants too, receiving all thefe 
from the earth, conftruGed temples, royal 
habitatiens, ports, docks, and all the reft 
of the region, difpofing them in the fol- 
‘lowing manner: 
In the firft place, thofe who refided 
about the ancient metropolis, united by 
bridges thofe zones of the fea. which we 
before mentioned, and made a road both 
to the external parts and to the royal 
abode. _ But the palace of the king was 
from the firft immediately raifed, in this 
very habitation of the god, and their an- 
cefiors. This being adorned by ene 
perfon after, another in continued fuc- 
ceffion, the latter of each always fur- 
paffing the former in the ornaments he 
beftowed, the palace became at length 
afionthingly large and beautiful. For 
they dug a trench as far as to the outer- 
.mofi zone, which commencing from the 
fea, extended three acres in breadth, and 
fifty ftadia in length. And that dhips 
might fail from this fea to that zone as a 
port, they enlarged its mouth, fo that 
it might be fufficieat to receive the 
largeft veffels. They likewife divided, 
by bridges, thofe zones of the earth which 
feparated the zones of the fea, fo thar, 
with one three-banked galley, they might 
fail from one zone to the other; and co- 
vered the upper part of the zones in fuch 
a manner that they might fail under them. 
For the lips of the zones of earth were 
higher than the fea. But the greateft 
of thefe zones, towards which the fea 
directed its courfe, was-in breadth three ° 
ftadia; the next in order was of the fame 
dimenfion. But of the other two, the 
watery circle, was in breadth two ftadia ; 
and that of earth was again equal to the 
preceding circle of water: but the zone, 
which ran round the ifland in the middle, 
was one ftadium in breadth. ‘The ifland 
which contained the palace of the king 
’ / Was 
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