The four people appearing in those two dialogues are the politicians Critias and Hermocrates as well as the philosophers Socrates and Timaeus of Locri, although only Critias speaks of Atlantis.
Empat tokoh yang muncul dalam kedua catatan tersebut adalah politikus Critias dan Hermocrates beserta filsuf Socrates dan Timaeus, meskipun hanya Kritias yang berbicara mengenai Atlantis.