Plato, Timaeus, Page 23b: Starting again after every flood

The priest finishes his sentence and turns to Solon: Greeks become young again after every disaster, and their genealogies are close to children's tales.

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Critias

τεte—καὶkaìandἀμούσουςamoúsousunculturedἔλιπενélipenleavesὑμῶνhymônamong you,ὥστεhṓsteso thatπάλινpálinagainἐξexfromἀρχῆςarchêsthe beginningοἷονhoîonlikeνέοιnéoiyoung peopleγίγνεσθεgígnestheyou become,

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23b Starting again after every flood. Critias: and the uncultured of you it leaves, so that again you become, as…

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