Note on Translations, Editions, and Abbreviations
English-language translations from Plato’s Timaeus throughout the volume are taken from Cornford’s 1937 translation (below), unless otherwise stated. Any alterations to the translation are identified in each case.
The following abbreviations for frequently cited works are used in the volume:
| Cornford |
Plato’s Cosmology: The Timaeus of Plato. Translation and commentary by Francis M. Cornford. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1937. |
| Magee |
Calcidius, On Plato’s Timaeus. Edited and translated by John Magee. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2016. |
Abbreviations to Greek and Roman authors and texts follow the Oxford Classical Dictionary, 4th edition, as follows:
Abbreviations for medieval, Renaissance and early modern authors are explained in individual chapters of this book.