This paper analyzes how native Atlantis researchers characterize Plato's ideal state, represented in his dialogues «Timaeus» and «Critias». The problem of Atlantis including its government structure also attracts scientists not interested in Atlantis. Some of them study this problem with the help of the concept of «elitocide».

This paper analyzes how native Atlantis researchers characterize Plato's ideal state, represented in his dialogues «Timaeus» and «Critias». The problem of Atlantis including its government structure also attracts scientists not interested in Atlantis. Some of them study this problem with the help of the concept of «elitocide».