Calcidius
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Name (Latin)
Calcidius
Other forms of name
Chalcidius, active 4th century
Chalcidius
Date of birth
0400
Date of death
0500
Field of activity
Plato. Timaeus
Associated Language
lat
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
C(h)alcidius
Calcidius more correct, 4th cent. A.D., Christian trans. and comment. on Plato's Timaeus
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Sources of Information
- English Wikipedia, viewed November 5, 2021(Calcidius (or Chalcidius); 4th-century philosopher (and possibly a Christian) who translated the first part 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)
- Switalski, B. W. (Bronislaus Wladislaus). Des Chalcidius Kommentar zu Plato's Timaeus, 1902:title page (Chalcidius) pages 1-2 (Chalcidius, or Calcidius; translator of the first part of Plato's Timaeus; possibly a contemporary of Bishop Hosius of Córdoba, who was present at the Councils of Nicaea and Sardica)