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Timaeus of Locri (pronunciation in modern English / t aɪ ˈ m iː ə s /; Ancient Greek: Τίμαιος ὁ Λοκρός, romanized: Tímaios ho Lokrós; Latin: Timaeus Locrus) is a character in two of Plato's dialogues, Timaeus and Critias. In both, he appears as a philosopher of the Pythagorean school.
The city of Locri in Calabria , also known in antiquity as "Epizephyrian Locris", was a colony founded by the Locrians in Magna Graecia. There is some disagreement over whether it was those from Opuntian Locris or from Ozolian Locris who were responsible.
Timaeus suggests that since nothing "becomes or changes" without cause, then the cause of the universe must be a demiurge or a god, a figure Timaeus refers to as the father and maker of the universe. And since the universe is fair, the demiurge must have looked to the eternal model to make it, and not to the perishable one (29a).
Timaeus of Locri, 5th-century BC Pythagorean philosopher, appearing in Plato's dialogue Timaeus (historian) (c. 345 BC-c. 250 BC), Greek historian from Tauromenium in Sicily Timaeus the Sophist , Greek philosopher who lived sometime between the 1st and 4th centuries, supposed writer of a lexicon of Platonic words
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Epizephyrian Locris, also known as Locri Epizephyrii (Ancient Greek: Λοκροί Ἐπιζεφύριοι, romanized: Lokroí Epizephúrioi, lit. 'western Locrians'), was an ancient city on the Ionian Sea, founded by Greeks coming from Locris at the beginning of the 7th century BC. It is now in an archaeological park near the modern town of Locri
Critias is the second of a projected trilogy of dialogues, preceded by Timaeus and followed by Hermocrates. [1] The latter was possibly never written and the ending to Critias has been lost. [2] Because of their resemblance (e.g., in terms of persons appearing), modern classicists occasionally combine both Timaeus and Critias as Timaeus-Critias ...
The Locri surrendered to Hannibal in 215 BC and were given peace by his order. They were permitted to live in freedom, keep control of their harbour, and be governed by their own laws. Their city was expected to be open to the Carthagenians , and their alliance was based on mutual commitment for support during peace and war.