Timaeus and Its Legacy

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Platonis Timaeus

Plato (ca. 428/7 BC-ca. 348/7 BC) - author
Serranus (ca. 1540/1542-1598) - editor
Date:
Language:
Latin
Keywords:
Translation of Timaeus
Commentary of Timaeus

Bibliographical reference

Platonis Timaeus. In Platonis Augustiss. Philosophi, omnium quae extant operum. Tumus Tertius. Graece et Latine, ex nova Ioannis Serrani interpretatione, perpetuis eius de notis illustrata: quibus et methodus et doctrinae summa breuiter et perspicue indicatur. Eiusdem Annotationes in quosdam sua illius interpretationis locos. Henr. Stephani de quorundam locorum interpretatione iudicium, et multorum contextus Graeci emendatio. T. 3. Geneva: Henr. Stephanus, 1578, pp. 3-92.

Description

The editio princeps of Plato’s work was published by Henri Estienne (Henricus Stephanus) in Geneva and includes 1578 in three large-format volumes under the title Platonis Opera quae extant Omnia. Stephanus compared the previous editio princeps of Manutius and Musurus (1513) and the two Basle editions (1534 and 1556), along with various other manuscripts for rendering the Greek texts. For the Latin translation, Stephanus did not adopt the standard text by Ficino, and commissioned Jean de Serres (Serranus) to prepare a new translation with comment. Plato’s Timaeus is to be found in the third volume. The system of reference deriving from this edition and used in modern editions of Plato is known as “Stephanus pagination”.

Pubblication note

Published in:
Platonis Augustiss. Philosophi, omnium quae extant operum. Tumus Tertius. Graece et Latine, ex nova Ioannis Serrani interpretatione, perpetuis eius de notis illustrata: quibus et methodus et doctrinae summa breuiter et perspicue indicatur. Eiusdem Annotat
Volume:
3
Pages:
3-92
Place of publication:
Geneva
Publisher:
Stephanus
Date of publication:
1578