01597cam a22003253u 4500 1571 UtSlPG 20260610133046.0 m cr n 260607r1998||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PA Plato, 428? BCE-348? BCE Critias Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 1998 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critias_(dialogue) Release date is 1998-12-01 Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger "Critias" by Plato is a dialogue written in ancient Greece that recounts the legendary story of Atlantis, a mighty island kingdom that attempted to conquer Athens. Through the character Critias, Plato describes how the gods divided the ancient Earth and how early Athens embodied an ideal civilization of virtue and moderation. The dialogue contrasts a good city with one corrupted by ambition, exploring themes of divine justice and societal decline. Part of an unfinished trilogy, the work ends abruptly, leaving Atlantis's fate tantalizingly incomplete. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Classical literature Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1571 43687 43687