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Critias in a sentence

Context around Critias

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

guardian 1× completed 1×

Sentence patterns with Critias

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

according to critias 9 000 1× his guardian critias are present 1× in the critias 1× it from critias who is 1× never completed critias 1× timaeus and critias the island 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

according to critias 1× charmides and his 1× for unknown reasons 1× john v luce 1× plato heard it 1×

Common sentence endings:

domain of poseidon 1× dwelt within them 1× in the critias 1× in the protagoras 1× never completed critias 1× ra freund 2012 1×

Words around Critias

Just before it in the word index:

crites 7 criterium 8 criterion 328 criteria 1.778 criter 2 criteo 7

Just after it in the word index:

critic 1.293 critica 4 critical 10.037 criticality 33 critically 1.214 criticial 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 8 aacc 8 aacs 8 aafes 8 aankh 8 aapp 8

Corpus analysis for Critias

  • In this selection, "critias" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, guardian and completed stand out and add context to how "critias" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include according to critias 9 000 and his guardian critias are present. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "critias" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with critias

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

For unknown reasons, Plato never completed Critias. (7 words)

Charmides and his guardian Critias are present for the discussion in the Protagoras. (13 words)

According to the references from Plato in his dialogues Timaeus and Critias, the island of Atlantis was the chosen domain of Poseidon. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

John V. Luce notes that when Plato writes about the genealogy of Atlantis's kings, he writes in the same style as Hellanicus, suggesting a similarity between a fragment of Hellanicus's work and an account in the Critias. (39 words)

According to Critias, 9,000 years before his lifetime a war took place between those outside the Pillars of Hercules at the Strait of Gibraltar and those who dwelt within them. (31 words)

Plato heard it from Critias, who is related to Solon, who said it was a story passed down for 3 generations prior to reaching him (according to RA Freund 2012). (30 words)

Example sentences (6)

According to Critias, 9,000 years before his lifetime a war took place between those outside the Pillars of Hercules at the Strait of Gibraltar and those who dwelt within them.

According to the references from Plato in his dialogues Timaeus and Critias, the island of Atlantis was the chosen domain of Poseidon.

Charmides and his guardian Critias are present for the discussion in the Protagoras.

For unknown reasons, Plato never completed Critias.

John V. Luce notes that when Plato writes about the genealogy of Atlantis's kings, he writes in the same style as Hellanicus, suggesting a similarity between a fragment of Hellanicus's work and an account in the Critias.

Plato heard it from Critias, who is related to Solon, who said it was a story passed down for 3 generations prior to reaching him (according to RA Freund 2012).

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