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Quotation from Critias by Plato

“that they might be chastened and improve”

Plato (spoken by Critias)

Critias, Stephanus 121b-c, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892)

Zeus' purpose in calling the gods together, stated just before the dialogue breaks off.

Citation: "that they might be chastened and improve" — Plato, Critias, Stephanus 121b-c, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892). (id plato-critias-q10)

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