The Atlantis Story: Plato’s Account of a Lost Civilization
The Origins of Atlantis The story of the lost island of Atlantis comes from two Socratic dialogues, Timaeus and Critias, written around 360 BCE by the Greek philosopher Plato. These dialogues formed a festival speech to be told on the Panathenaea, honoring the goddess Athena. Plato describes a conversation between Socrates, Timaeus of Locri, Hermocrates […]
