 | William Ashton - Coast changes - 1920 - 336 pages
...Western Europe. Diodorus Siculus states that the Phoenicians discovered a large island in the Atlantic beyond the Pillars of Hercules, several days' sail from the coast of Africa. Plato said that Atlantis had vanished 9000 years before his time. His information was told as history... | |
 | W. Scott-Elliot - Social Science - 1925 - 198 pages
...ones." Diodorus Siculus relates that the Phoenicians discovered "a large island in the Atlantic Ocean beyond the Pillars of Hercules several days' sail from the coast of Africa." But the greatest authority on this subject is Plato. In the Timaeus he refers to the island continent,... | |
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Hercules, several days' sail from the coast of Africa. This island abounded in all manner of riches. The soil was exceedingly fertile. The scenery was diversified by rivers, mountains, and forests. 
