Timaeus of Locri

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Character in Plato's dialogues; purported ancient Greek philosopher

ScientistsLived 500 BC to 500 BC · aged 0

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Timaeus of Locri is a character in two of Plato's dialogues, Timaeus and Critias. In both, he appears as a philosopher of the Pythagorean school.

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Pseudo-Timaios of Locri, On the Nature of the World and the Soul in a manuscript in the possession of Cardinal Bessarion. Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Gr. 517, fol. 4r (fifteenth century)

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Lu Ban52.9 Meton of Athens50.8 Crates36.0

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Timaeus of Locri is a character in two of Plato's dialogues, Timaeus and Critias. In both, he appears as a philosopher of the Pythagorean school. If there ever existed a historical Timaeus of Locri, he would have lived in the fifth century BC, but his historicity is dubious since he only appears as a literary figure in Plato's works; all other ancient sources are either based on Plato or are fictional accounts.