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Critias

Plato, 1925. Plato in Twelve Volumes, vol. 9.

Plato's unfinished dialogue giving the fullest account of Atlantis: Poseidon's rings of sea and land around Cleito's hill (113c–e), the elephants (114e), the widths of the rings and the central island (115d–116a), the outer wall 50 stades beyond the largest ring (117e) and the great plain sheltered from the north (118a–e).

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The primary text: Plato's description of Atlantis, its rings of sea and land and their widths, the city wall, the plain, the mountains and the elephants (Critias 113c–118e).

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Plato (1925). Critias. Plato in Twelve Volumes, vol. 9. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0180:text=Criti.:section=113c
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