What is "timaeus"

Timaeus ( ; c. 345 BC – c. 250 BC) was an ancient Greek historian.

Timaeus (; , ) is one of Plato's dialogues, mostly in the form of a long monologue given by the title character Timaeus of Locri, written c. 360 BC. The work puts forward speculation on the nature of the physical world and human beings and is followed by the dialogue Critias.

Participants in the dialogue include Socrates, Timaeus, Hermocrates, and Critias. Some scholars believe that it is not the Critias of the Thirty Tyrants who is appearing in this dialogue, but his grandfather, who is also named Critias. It has been suggested that Timaeus influenced a book about Pythagoras, written by Philolaus.

Timaeus is a lunar crater in the northern part of the Moon, on the north edge of Mare Frigoris. It forms part of the southwestern wall of the large and irregular walled plain W. Bond. The rim of Timaeus is somewhat pentagonal in shape, with rounded corners. There is a central rise in the midpoint of the crater floor.

The irregular terrain to the west of Timaeus displays a degree of streaky parallelism, as was noted by the Rev. T. W. Webb. These follow a path slightly to the east of north.

Timaeus (or Timaios) is a Greek name. It may refer to:

• Timaeus (dialogue), a Socratic dialogue by Plato
• 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
• Timaeus, mentioned in as the father of Bartimaeus
• Timaeus (crater), a lunar crater named after the philosopher
• Timaeus, one of the Three Legendary Dragons from the Japanese anime series Yu-Gi-Oh!