And having spoken of Maia, and her offspring, the author proceeds to tell us, that the other atlantides in like manner gave birth to a most noble race: some of whom were the founders of nations; and others the builders of cities: insomuch that most of the more antient heroes, not only of those abroad, who were esteemed Barbari, but even of the Helladians, claimed their ancestry from them.
"A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)"
Jacob Bryant
2. Her mother was one of the atlantides: The all-beholding Sun had ne'er beholden In his wide voyage o'er continents and seas So fair a creature, as she lay enfolden 60 In the warm shadow of her loveliness;- He kissed her with his beams, and made all golden The chamber of gray rock in which she lay- She, in that dream of joy, dissolved away.
"The Witch of Atlas"
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Because she is the grand daughter of Neptune, the last descendant of the atlantides.
"Atlantida"
Pierre Benoit