Literary Record Details

Author: PLATO Phil.

Opus: Critias
Reference: Plat.Crit.109b

Period: Classical

Genre: prose
Subgenre: philosophy
Object:
Gender: fm
Context: gods

Greek Text: θεοὶ γὰρ ἅπασαν γῆν ποτε κατὰ τοὺς τόπους διελάγχανον…δίκης δὴ κλήροις τὸ φίλον λαγχάνοντες κατῴκιζον τὰς χώρας

English Text: Once upon a time the gods were taking over by lot the whole earth according to its regions...So by just allotments they received each one his own