Dialogue

 1 Intro|         life having never had a city or house of their own, may
 2 Intro|       the river Nile divides, a city and district called Sais;
 3 Intro|       district called Sais; the city was the birthplace of King
 4 Intro|        sake and for that of the city, and above all for the sake
 5 Intro|        Mediterranean. Then your city did bravely, and won renown
 6 Intro|    resemblance was between your city and citizens and the ancient
 7 Timae|     were to be guardians of the city against attacks from within
 8 Timae|        some one tell of our own city carrying on a struggle against
 9 Timae|        be able to celebrate the city and her citizens in a befitting
10 Timae|         only wanderers from one city to another, and having never
11 Timae|  Timaeus, of Locris in Italy, a city which has admirable laws,
12 Timae|        when you had engaged our city in a suitable war, you of
13 Timae|         actions of the Athenian city, which have passed into
14 Timae| district of Sais, and the great city of the district is also
15 Timae|         called Sais, and is the city from which King Amasis came.
16 Timae|        related to them. To this city came Solon, and was received
17 Timae|         that you and your whole city are descended from a small
18 Timae|         deluge of all, when the city which now is Athens was
19 Timae|       sake and for that of your city, and above all, for the
20 Timae|        cities. She founded your city a thousand years before
21 Timae|      you when establishing your city; and she chose the spot
22 Timae|         Asia, and to which your city put an end. This power came
23 Timae|   speaking yesterday about your city and citizens, the tale which
24 Timae|       they were told to me. The city and citizens, which you
25 Timae|         It shall be the ancient city of Athens, and we will suppose