Plato, Laws 713b

τὰς συνοικήσεις διήλθομεν, ἔτι προτέρα τούτων πάμπολυ λέγεταί τις ἀρχή τε καὶ οἴκησις γεγονέναι ἐπὶ Κρόνου μάλʼ εὐδαίμων, ἧς μίμημα ἔχουσά ἐστιν ἥτις τῶν νῦν ἄριστα οἰκεῖται. σφόδρʼ ἄν, ὡς ἔοικʼ, εἴη περὶ αὐτῆς δέον ἀκούειν. ἐμοὶ γοῦν φαίνεται· διὸ καὶ παρήγαγον αὐτὴν εἰς τὸ μέσον τοῖς λόγοις. ὀρθότατά γε δρῶν· καὶ τόν γε ἑξῆς περαίνων ἂν

whose formation we have described above, there existed in the time of Cronos, it is said, a most prosperous government and settlement, on which the best of the States now existing is modelled. Evidently it is most important to hear about it. I, for one, think so; and that is why I have introduced the mention of it. You were perfectly right to do so; and, since your story