Timaeus of Locri
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He features in Plato's Timaeus, where he is said to come from Locri in Italy, thus of Locrian origin.
He also appears as one of the speakers in Plato's Critias.
Later references to Timaeus of Locri from Antiquity are by:
- Cicero, in his De re publica (I, X, 16), where he is described as an intimate of Plato
- Proclus, in his Commentary on Plato's Timaeus (II, 38, I)
- Simplicius and Diogenes Laërtius, in their descriptions of, and commentaries on Aristotle's work
All ancient references to him seem to have derived from Plato: he may well be a fictional character invented for the dialogue bearing his name (see M. F. Burnyeat).
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