Literary Record Details

Author: PLATO Phil.

Opus: Timaeus
Reference: Plat.Tim.38d

Period: Classical

Genre: prose
Subgenre: philosophy
Object:
Gender: m
Context: - Not Specified -

Greek Text: καὶ τὸν ἱερὸν Ἑρμοῦ λεγόμενον εἰς τὸν τάχει μὲν ἰσόδρομον ἡλίῳ κύκλον ἰόντας, τὴν δὲ ἐναντίαν εἰληχότας αὐτῷ δύναμιν

English Text: the Star called Sacred to Hermes He placed in those circles which move in an orbit equal to the Sun in velocity, but endowed with a power contrary thereto