See also:

• TIMAEUS (c. 345—c. 250 B.e.)

TIMAEUS (c. 345—c. 250 B.e.)  ,1 See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek historian, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Tauromenium in See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily . Driven out by See also:

• AGATHOCLES (361—289 B.C.)

Agathocles, he migrated to See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, where he studied See also:

• RHETORIC (Gr. psroperctj TEXvq, the art of the orator)

rhetoric under a See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of Isocrates and lived for fifty years . During the reign of See also:

• HIERO (strictly HIERON)

Hiero II. he returned to Sicily (probably to See also:

• SYRACUSE
• SYRACUSE (Gr. Mvpaaovoat; Lat. Syracusae, Ital. Siracusa)

Syracuse), where he died . While at Athens he completed his See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• WORK

work . The Histories, in at least 38 (See also:

• BURY
• BURY, JOHN BAGNELL (1861- )

Bury says 33) books, was divided into unequal sections, containing the See also:

• HISTORY

history of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy and Sicily in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early times; of Sicily alone; of Sicily and See also:

• GREECE

Greece; of the cities and See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of See also:

• SYRIA

Syria (unless the See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text of SuIdas is corrupt) ; the lives of Agathocles and See also:

• PYRRHUS (c. 318–272 B.C.)

Pyrrhus, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• EPIRUS, or EPEIRUS

Epirus . The See also:

• CHRONOLOGICAL

chronological See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch ('OXv/o tovigat, the victors at See also:

• OLYMPIA

Olympia) perhaps formed an aPPendix to the larger work . See also:

• TIMAEUS (c. 345—c. 250 B.e.)

Timaeus was bitterly attacked by other historians, especially by See also:

• POLYBIUS (c. 204–122 B.C.)

Polybius, and indeed his unfairness towards his predecessors, which gained ,him the See also:

• NICKNAME

nickname of Epitimaeus (See also:

• FAULT (Mid. Eng. faute, through the French, from the popular Latin use of fallere, to fail; the originallof the Latin being replaced in English in the 15th century)

fault-finder), laid him open to See also:

• RETALIATION

retaliation . Polybius was a See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical soldier and statesman, Timaeus a bookworm without military experience or See also:

• PERSONAL

personal knowledge of the places he described . The most serious See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge against Timaeus is. that he wilfully distorted the truth, when influenced by personal considerations: thus, he was less than See also:

• FAIR

fair to See also:

• DIONYSIUS
• DIONYSIUS (c. 432–367 B.C.)

Dionysius and Agathocles, while loud in praise of his favourite See also:

• TIMOLEON (c. 411-337 B.C.)

Timoleon . On the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, as even Polybius admits, Timaeus consulted all available authorities and records . His attitude towards the myths, which he claims to have preserved in their See also:

• SIMPLE

simple See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form (hence probably his nickname ypaoovXXesrpia, " See also:

• COLLECTOR

collector of old wives' tales," though some authorities render this "old rag-woman," in allusion to his fondness for trivial details), is preferable tothe rationalistic See also:

• INTERPRETATION (from Lat. interpretari, to expound, explain, inter pres, an agent, go-between, interpreter; inter, between, and the root pret-, possibly connected with that seen either in Greek 4 p4'ew, to speak, or irpa-rrecv, to do)

interpretation under which it had become the See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion to disguise them . Timaeus also devoted much See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to See also:

• CHRONOLOGY (Gr. xpovo?oyfa, computation of time, xp6vos)

chronology, and introduced the See also:

• SYSTEM

system of reckoning by Olympiads, with which he compared the years of the See also:

• ATTIC (i.e. "in the Attic style ")

Attic archons, the Spartan ephors, and the priestesses of See also:

• ARGOS

Argos .

, This system, although not adopted in everyday See also:

• LIFE

life, was afterwards generally used by the Greek historians . Although a pupil of Philiscus of See also:

• MILETUS (mod. Palatia)

Miletus, a See also:

• DISCIPLE

disciple of Isocrates, Timaeus is a representative of the See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of Hegesias of 1 J . E . See also:

• SANDYS, FREDERICK (1832-1904)
• SANDYS, GEORGE (1578-1644)
• SANDYS, SIR EDWIN (1561-1629)

Sandys, c . 350-c . 260; J . B . Bury, 340-256 . Mognesia rather than of the Attic (see See also:

• NORDEN
• NORDEN, JOHN (1548-1625?)

Norden, Griech . Kunstprosa i . 136) . Both Dionysius of See also:

• HALICARNASSUS (mod. Budrum)

Halicarnassus and the pseudo-See also:

• LONGINUS, CASSIUS (c. A.D. 213-273)

Longinus characterized him as a See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model of " frigidity." ('vXpbv), although the latter admits that in other respects he is a competent writer .

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• CICERO

Cicero, who was a diligent reader of Timaeus, expresses a far more favourable See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion, specially commending his copiousness of See also:

• MATTER

matter and variety of expression . Timaeus was one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief authorities used by See also:

• TROGUS, GNAEUS POMPEIUS

Trogus Pompeius, Diodorus Siculus and See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch in his life of Timoleon .