A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.... who translated the first part (to 53c) of Plato
Plato
Plato , was a Classical Greece Greeks philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Platonic Academy in Ancient Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the western world.... 's Timaeus
Timaeus
Timaeus is a Greek name, meaning "Honour". It may refer to:*Timaeus , a Socratic dialogue by Plato*Timaeus of Locri, the 5th-century Pythagorean philosopher, appearing in Plato's dialogue... from Greek into Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe.... around the year 321 and provided with it an extensive commentary. This was done for Bishop Hosius of Córdoba
Hosius of Córdoba
Hosius of Corduba , also known as Osius or Ossius, was a bishop of C?rdoba, Spain and one of the prominent advocates of what became One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church Christianity in the Arian controversy which divided the 4th century early Christianity.... . 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
Greek astronomy
Greek astronomy is the astronomy of those who wrote in the Greek language in classical antiquity i.e. see Aristarchus of Samos Greek astronomer/mathematician and his heliocentric model of the solar system.... knowledge.
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.... who translated the first part (to 53c) of Plato
Plato
Plato , was a Classical Greece Greeks philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Platonic Academy in Ancient Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the western world.... 's Timaeus
Timaeus
Timaeus is a Greek name, meaning "Honour". It may refer to:*Timaeus , a Socratic dialogue by Plato*Timaeus of Locri, the 5th-century Pythagorean philosopher, appearing in Plato's dialogue... from Greek into Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe.... around the year 321 and provided with it an extensive commentary. This was done for Bishop Hosius of Córdoba
Hosius of Córdoba
Hosius of Corduba , also known as Osius or Ossius, was a bishop of C?rdoba, Spain and one of the prominent advocates of what became One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church Christianity in the Arian controversy which divided the 4th century early Christianity.... . 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
Greek astronomy
Greek astronomy is the astronomy of those who wrote in the Greek language in classical antiquity i.e. see Aristarchus of Samos Greek astronomer/mathematician and his heliocentric model of the solar system.... knowledge.
External links
twelfth Century manuscript of Calcidius Latin translation found at Osney Abbey
Osney Abbey
Osney Abbey or Oseney Abbey, later Osney Cathedral, originated as a house of Augustinians at Osney, west of Oxford, England. It was founded as a priory in 1129, becoming an abbey around 1154.... ; page images at from Oxford University's Bodleian Library
Bodleian Library
The Bodleian Library , the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest library in Europe, and in England is second in size only to the British Library....
