Plato, Timaeus, Page 22c: Many destructions of mankind

The priest begins to explain why the Greeks have lost their past: mankind has been destroyed many times, and Phaethon is the Greek version of one of them.

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δὲdè—τούτωνtoútōnof thisαἴτιονaítioncauseτόδεtódethe following.πολλαὶpollaìmanyκατὰkatàinπολλὰpollàmany waysφθοραὶphthoraìdestructionsγεγόνασινgegónasinhave happenedἀνθρώπωνanthrṓpōnof mankindκαὶkaìandἔσονταιésontaiwill happen,

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22c Many destructions of mankind. Critias: reason for this is the following. Many destructions of mankind have happened in…

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