TY - BOOK AU - Plato AU - Jowett,Benjamin TI - Critias AV - PA PY - 1998/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Classical literature N1 - 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; Original publication data not identified N2 - "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.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1571 ER -