Timaeus and Critias
by Plato, Plato, Waterfield, Robin, Gregory, Andrew
fromOxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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In Timaeus Plato attempts to describe and explain the structure of the universe: the creator god, the elements, the lower gods, the stars, and men. The companion piece, Critias, is the origin of the story of Atlantis, the lost empire defeated by ancient Athenians. This is the cl…