Plato

4th-century BCE Greek philosopher

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5th century BC

427 BCEPlato, Greek philosopher (d. c. 347 BC)source
416 BCEAccording to Plato's Symposium, the tragedian Agathon wins first prize at the Lenaia.source

4th century BC

396 BCEPlato publishes his Apologia, which is a defence of his mentor Socrates. (Approximate date.)source
388 BCEPlato, having left Athens on Socrates' death to visit Megara and possibly Egypt, travels to Syracuse at the invitation of Dionysius I's brother-in-law Dion.source
387 BCEPlato is forced by Dionysius to leave Syracuse after having exercised the right of free speech too broadly. Plato returns to Athens, outside which he founds a school.source
387 BCEPlato founds the Platonic Academy in Athens, where he teaches Aristotle until 347 BC.source
385 BCEPlato forms his Academy, teaching mathematics, astronomy and other sciences as well as philosophy. It is dedicated to the Attic hero Academus. Philanthropists bear all costs; students pay no fees.source
368 BCEPlato's Republic is completed. It lays down the rules for an ideal, righteous society and suggests that kings ought to be philosophers (or at least taught by philosophers).source
367 BCEThe Greek philosopher and scientist, Aristotle, goes to Athens as a pupil at Plato's Academy.source
367 BCEDionysius I of Syracuse dies and is succeeded as tyrant of the city by his son Dionysius II. As the younger Dionysius is weak and inexperienced, Dion, brother-in-law of the elder Dionysius, assumes control and persuades Plato, whose friendship he has acquired, to train the new tyrant in the practical application of his philosophical principles.source
361 BCEPlato returns once more to Syracuse to teach the young Syracusan tyrant Dionysius II. He fails to reconcile the tyrant to Dion, who Dionysius II banished in 366 BC. Because of this, Plato is forced to flee Syracuse to save his life.source
360 BCEPlato writes the dialogues Timaeus and Critias, first mentioning Atlantis.source
350 BCEPlato proposes a geocentric model of the universe with the stars rotating on a fixed celestial sphere.source
348 BCEPlato, Greek philosopher and authorsource
347 BCEPlato, Greek philosopher and founder of the Academy in Athens (b. c. 427 BC)source
347 BCEPlato dies and his nephew Speusippus is named as head of the Academy.source
339 BCESpeusippus, head of Plato's Academy (b. 407 BC)source
314 BCEXenocrates, Greek philosopher, pupil of Plato and head of the Greek Academy (b. 396 BC)source

4th century

321Calcidius translates Plato into Latin.source

6th century

529The Academy, originally founded at Athens by Plato around 387 BC, closes down by order of Justinian I, on charges of un-Christian activity. Many of the school's professors emigrate to Persia and Syria.source

15th century

1469Marsilio Ficino completes his translation of the collected works of Plato, writes Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love, and starts to work on Platonic Theology.source