Dialogue

 1 Intro|        a statesman, and to you, Critias, whom all Athenians know
 2 Intro| preparing; for on our way home, Critias told us of an ancient tradition,
 3 Intro|        tradition, which I wish, Critias, that you would repeat to
 4 Intro|       told it to my grandfather Critias, and he told me. The narrative
 5 Intro|         you and of the goddess. Critias when he told this tale of
 6 Intro|        perhaps in compliment to Critias, that Solon was not only
 7 Intro|       the tale, Socrates, which Critias heard from Solon; and I
 8 Intro|   citizens. ‘That is excellent, Critias, and very appropriate to
 9 Intro|    better evidence than that of Critias, who had heard the narrative
10 Intro|        ten from his grandfather Critias, an old man of ninety, who
11 Timae|         THE DIALOGUE: Socrates, Critias, Timaeus, Hermocrates.~SOCRATES:
12 Timae|  training and education. Now I, Critias and Hermocrates, am conscious
13 Timae|         philosophy; and here is Critias, whom every Athenian knows
14 Timae|         at the guest-chamber of Critias, with whom we are staying,
15 Timae|        tradition, which I wish, Critias, that you would repeat to
16 Timae|        his requirements or not.~CRITIAS: I will, if Timaeus, who
17 Timae|       TIMAEUS: I quite approve.~CRITIAS: Then listen, Socrates,
18 Timae|        and he told the story to Critias, my grandfather, who remembered
19 Timae|         of the Athenians, which Critias declared, on the authority
20 Timae|     legend, but an actual fact?~CRITIAS: I will tell an old-world
21 Timae|     heard from an aged man; for Critias, at the time of telling
22 Timae|         thought so or to please Critias, said that in his judgment
23 Timae|        what was the tale about, Critias? said Amynander.~About the
24 Timae|         Socrates, what the aged Critias heard from Solon and related
25 Timae|       SOCRATES: And what other, Critias, can we find that will be
26 Timae|         rest and be a listener.~CRITIAS: Let me proceed to explain