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• Calcidius

  Calcidius ( c. 4th century AD) The Platonist Calcidius (sometimes less correctly spelt Chalcidius) was the author of a Latin work containing a partial translation of, and partial commentary on, Plato 's Timaeus. Although of uncertain date, the doctrinal content of his commentary reflects the thought of the Middle Platonist era ( c.50 BC-AD 200). Calcidius' date and place of operation are uncertain, the only clue residing in his dedication of his work to one Osius, who has been taken, follo...