Project Gutenberg 1998-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 569 Plato -428 -348 Πλάτων Jowett, Benjamin 1817 1893 Jowett, William Critias Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger "Critias" by Plato is a philosophical dialogue written in the late 4th century BC. This text serves as a fragment of a larger trilogy and explores themes related to the legendary island of Atlantis and the contrasting character of ancient Athens. The dialogue serves as a mythological narrative, highlighting philosophical reflections on society, governance, and morality through a tale of idealized conflict between Athens and a powerful, decadent Atlantis. In "Critias," the titular character recounts a story he claims was handed down from the ancient Athenian statesman Solon, who learned about Atlantis from Egyptian priests. The narrative describes the magnificent island of Atlantis, its divine origins, and its eventual moral decline. Critias details the governance of Atlantis, which is divided into ten kingdoms, and emphasizes the initial virtues of the Atlanteans. However, as greed and moral decay set in, they ultimately provoke the wrath of the gods, leading to their catastrophic downfall. The dialogue underscores the themes of virtue, the ideal state, and the consequences of moral failure while contrasting the glorious past of both Atlantis and Athens against their eventual decline. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Classical literature PA Text Browsing: History - Ancient Browsing: Literature 87597 87606 2024-09-01T10:10:53.079125 2023-10-01T09:17:30.438367 text/html text/html 82628 2013-01-16T09:06:36 text/html; charset=us-ascii 29573 2013-01-16T09:07:32 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 64780 2024-09-01T10:10:56.301109 application/epub+zip 64275 2024-09-01T10:10:54.233128 application/epub+zip 64275 2024-09-01T10:10:53.511128 application/epub+zip 117319 2024-09-01T10:10:57.994089 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 108795 2024-09-01T10:10:55.847133 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 108783 2022-09-01T11:27:03.608222 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 75831 75807 2024-09-01T10:10:52.869140 2023-10-01T09:17:30.267363 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 75671 2008-08-15T11:52:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 28296 2008-08-15T11:53:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18577 2024-09-01T10:10:58.142102 application/rdf+xml 7326 2024-09-01T10:10:53.844110 image/jpeg 2139 2024-09-01T10:10:53.675113 image/jpeg 63432 2024-09-01T10:10:53.088126 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia