Episodes Referencing This Book
March 23, 2023
Context:
The episode opens with a reading from Plato's Timaeus describing the destruction of Atlantis. The hosts discuss it as the absolute primary and only ancient source for the Atlantis myth, with Tom Holland arguing that Plato used Atlantis as a political metaphor reflecting on Athens' position after the Peloponnesian War rather than as a literal geographical account.
March 20, 2023
Context:
Discussed as one of 'two other dialogues' by Plato where the story of Atlantis is told - the dialogue features Socrates and others including Critias discussing the ideal state