Raphael's Plato
(Timaeus, circa 360BCE;
Raphael's portrait, 1509, a detail from the The School of Athens)
Sheath of feeling. Words groping to touch air.
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Friday, April 16, 2010
Τίμαιος, Timaios
I had forgotten that the myth of Atlantis came from Plato's Timaeus. The original a strange story of beauty and loss, of earthquakes and floods.
Raphael's Plato
(Timaeus, circa 360BCE;
Raphael's portrait, 1509, a detail from the The School of Athens)
Raphael's Plato
(Timaeus, circa 360BCE;
Raphael's portrait, 1509, a detail from the The School of Athens)
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