Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893) was a 19th century translator of Plato who declared, “no one knew better than Plato how to invent a noble lie”. His 1871 translation is probably the most widely used, as it is now out of copyright. Some Atlantis researchers such as Georgeos Diaz-Montexano are highly critical of the translation of certain key words and phrases by the more popular translators such as Jowett.

Jowett’s commentary^(a) shows that he was thoroughly sceptical about Atlantis and some believe that this view may well have coloured his translation. A concordance of the Atlantis sections of the Dialogues is available as an inexpensive download^(b)or in hardcopy.

A free concordance to Jowett’s translation alone is also available^(c).

^(a) http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_text_plato_critias_intro.htm

^(b) http://www.lulu.de/content/731731

^(c) http://greekatlantis.warpco.com/AtlantisReferenceEdition.pdf