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 Plato and the Bees.Platonic Bodies. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Plato’s Year.
 
A revolution of 25,000 years, in which period the stars and constellations return to their former places in respect to the equinoxes.   1
       
“Cut out more work than can be done
In Plato’s year, but finish none.”
       
Butler: Hudibras, pt. iii. 1.
 


 Plato and the Bees.Platonic Bodies. 

 
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