Dialogue

 1 Intro|    extinction of the actors. ‘Tell us,’ said the other, ‘the
 2 Intro|    white with age; and I will tell you why. Like the rest of
 3 Intro|      some other thing, and to tell how and when and where individuals
 4 Intro|   they appear to disappear—to tell of all this without looking
 5 Intro|    them as is customary. They tell us that Oceanus and Tethys
 6 Intro|     and of which Plato cannot tell us the origin. The creation,
 7 Intro|       acknowledged. We cannot tell (nor could Plato himself
 8 Intro|      which Plato is unable to tell us the origin. He may be
 9 Intro|     to the wise). ‘To know or tell the origin of the other
10 Intro|      even if we found him, to tell of him to all men would
11 Intro|       be impossible.’ ‘Let me tell you then why the Creator
12 Timae| before proceeding further, to tell you how I feel about the
13 Timae|  should like to hear some one tell of our own city carrying
14 Timae|  actual fact?~CRITIAS: I will tell an old-world story which
15 Timae|      has not come down to us.~Tell us, said the other, the
16 Timae|     of antiquity, he began to tell about the most ancient things
17 Timae|    hoary with age. And I will tell you why. There have been,
18 Timae|   valour. For these histories tell of a mighty power which
19 Timae|     my preface, I am ready to tell you the whole tale. I will
20 Timae|        and therefore you must tell the tale, and good luck
21 Timae|      even if we found him, to tell of him to all men would
22 Timae|       strain?~TIMAEUS: Let me tell you then why the creator
23 Timae|       would be the attempt to tell all the figures of them
24 Timae|       movements—to attempt to tell of all this without a visible
25 Timae|       have an end.~To know or tell the origin of the other
26 Timae|    But if a person will truly tell of the way in which the
27 Timae|      of this would be long to tell; he who disproves what we