Raphael's School of Athens depicts Plato carrying this dialogue.  Socrates is joined by Hermocrates and Critias, and all thre
Raphael's School of Athens depicts Plato carrying this dialogue.  Socrates is joined by Hermocrates and Critias, and all three question the title character, an astronomer, on the nature of the universe.  They discuss with the title character the origin of the visible world, and Plato addresses the maker of the heavenly bodies as Demiurge, 'God', Father and begetter.  It is most famous, however, for a reference made by Critias, who learned the story from Dropides, who learned the story from Solon the Archon.  FTP, identify this dialogue in which the first literary reference to Atlantis is made.
Raphael's School of Athens depicts Plato carrying this dialogue.  
Timaeus