Calcidius
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right|thumb|Tenth-century manuscript of Calcidius' Timaeus translation and commentary now in the Vatican Library. Calcidius (or Chalcidius) was a 4th-century philosopher who translated the first part (to 53c) of Plato's Timaeus from Greek into Latin around the year 321 and provided with it an extensive commentary. This was likely done for Bishop Hosius of Córdoba. Very little is otherwise known of him.
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Calcidius was a male philosopher, writer, and translator from Ancient Rome who lived during the Later Roman Empire. He worked in the fields of philosophy and ancient Greek philosophy, producing writings in Latin. His linguistic capabilities included both Latin and Ancient Greek.
His notable works include Chalcidii V.C. Timaeus, Traducción y comentario del Timeo de Platón, Platonis Timaeus, On Plato's Timaeus, and Commentaire au Timée de Platon (Histoire Des Doctrines De L'antiquite Classique) (French Edition). He is described by the source Pauly–Wissowa.
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Vinony's link graph records 135 inbound references to Calcidius, and connects out to Latin, Plato and Homer.
It is catalogued under topics including 4th-century philosophers, 4th-century translators and 4th-century writers in Latin.
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- Chalcidii V.C. Timaeus
- Traducción y comentario del Timeo de Platón
- Platonis Timaeus
- On Plato's Timaeus
- Commentaire au Timée de Platon (Histoire Des Doctrines De L'antiquite Classique) (French Edition)
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Image
- Timaeus trans calcidius med manuscript.jpg
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- time period
- Later Roman Empire
- writing language
- Latin
- date of birth
- 0350-00-00
- date of death
- 0350-00-00
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- described at URL
- bp16.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb122138734
- Commons Creator page
- Calcidius
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Works in European collections
6 objects attributed to Calcidius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Calcidius' life and philosophical sources
- Translation of the ''Timaeus''
- Manuscript tradition
- References
- Further reading
- External links
right|thumb|Tenth-century manuscript of Calcidius' Timaeus translation and commentary now in the Vatican Library. Calcidius (or Chalcidius) was a 4th-century philosopher who translated the first part (to 53c) of Plato's Timaeus from Greek into Latin around the year 321 and provided with it an extensive commentary. This was likely done for Bishop Hosius of Córdoba. Very little is otherwise known of him.
His translation of the Timaeus was the only extensive text of Plato known to scholars in the Latin West for approximately 800 years. His commentary also contained useful accounts of Greek astronomical knowledge. In the 12th century commentaries on this work were written by Christian scholars including Hisdosus and philosophers of the Chartres School, such as Thierry of Chartres and William of Conches. Interpreting it in the light of the Christian faith, the academics in the School of Chartres understood the dialogue to refer to creatio ex nihilo.
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