Critias
Tyler Torres
Critias, by Plato
Introduction and Analysis The Critias was suppose to be the second part of a trilogy but was never completed. Plato wanted to represent the ideal state. This problem is characteristic of the struggle of Athens and Persia. This entire story is a result of Plato?s imagination who used the name of Solon and introduced the Egyptian priests. Critias tells that he will only repeat what Solon was told by the priest. The war occurred 9000 years ago between Athens and the island of Atlantis. They story of Athens is that the gods agreed to divide the earth. They made up several countries. The Acropolis of Athens has a level surface and deep soil. The side of the hill was where craftsmen and husbandmen …show more content…
There were baths both for the kinds and the private individuals, and separate baths for women. There was also a race course for horses in one of the areas. There were stores along the dock. The land between the harbor and the sea was surrounded by a wall. They also founded an army. The entire country was divided into sixty thousand lots. Each of the ten kings had his own city and kingdom. The kings and princes gathered together and held a festival every fifth and every sixth year alternately. The bulls of Poseidon were caught and sacrificed by the kings. When night came, they put on robes and held court. The most important of the laws was how they treated one another. They were not allowed to take up arms against each other, but were to come to the rescue if any of the people were attacked. For many generations, the people of Atlantis were obedient to the laws and to the gods. But, gradually the perfect part of their souls became watered down with two much of the mortal blending, nad they began to deteriorate. Zeus was wanting to punish them. Plato came to speak: observe the innocent declaration of Socrates; the manner in which traditional names and indications of geography are intertwined; the extreme smallness with which the numbers are given; the clever reason assigned for the Greek names concurring in the Egyptian tale;
Critias, by Plato
Introduction and Analysis The Critias was suppose to be the second part of a trilogy but was never completed. Plato wanted to represent the ideal state. This problem is characteristic of the struggle of Athens and Persia. This entire story is a result of Plato?s imagination who used the name of Solon and introduced the Egyptian priests. Critias tells that he will only repeat what Solon was told by the priest. The war occurred 9000 years ago between Athens and the island of Atlantis. They story of Athens is that the gods agreed to divide the earth. They made up several countries. The Acropolis of Athens has a level surface and deep soil. The side of the hill was where craftsmen and husbandmen …show more content…
There were baths both for the kinds and the private individuals, and separate baths for women. There was also a race course for horses in one of the areas. There were stores along the dock. The land between the harbor and the sea was surrounded by a wall. They also founded an army. The entire country was divided into sixty thousand lots. Each of the ten kings had his own city and kingdom. The kings and princes gathered together and held a festival every fifth and every sixth year alternately. The bulls of Poseidon were caught and sacrificed by the kings. When night came, they put on robes and held court. The most important of the laws was how they treated one another. They were not allowed to take up arms against each other, but were to come to the rescue if any of the people were attacked. For many generations, the people of Atlantis were obedient to the laws and to the gods. But, gradually the perfect part of their souls became watered down with two much of the mortal blending, nad they began to deteriorate. Zeus was wanting to punish them. Plato came to speak: observe the innocent declaration of Socrates; the manner in which traditional names and indications of geography are intertwined; the extreme smallness with which the numbers are given; the clever reason assigned for the Greek names concurring in the Egyptian tale;