677 Plato in _Timaeus_ 41 A, distinguishes “the gods who revolve before our eyes” from “those who reveal themselves so far as they will.” Julian regularly describes, as here, a triad; every one of his three worlds has its own unconditioned being (αὐθυπόστατον); its own creative power (δημιουργία); its own power to generate life (γόνιμον τῆς ζωῆς); and in every case, the middle term is Helios as a connecting link in his capacity of thinking or intellectual god (νοερός). 678 Julian now describes the three kinds of substance (οὐσία) and its three forms (εἴδη) in the three worlds. 679 _i.e._ the visible heavenly bodies. 680 Helios connects the forms (Plato’s Ideas) which exist in the intelligible world, with those which in our world ally themselves with matter; cf. _Oration_ 5. 171 B. 681 αὐτὰ V, αὐτὸς MSS, Hertlein. 682 _i.e._ the heavenly bodies. 683 These angels combine, as does a model, the idea and its hypostazisation; cf. 142 A, _Letter to the Athenians_ 275 B. Julian nowhere defines angels, but Porphyry as quoted by Augustine, _De civitate Dei_ 10, 9, distinguished them from daemons and placed them in the aether. 684 προηγούμενος V, προκαθηγούμενος MSS, Hertlein. 685 cf. 141 B. 686 _i.e._ the heavenly bodies; cf. _Fragment of a Letter_ 295 A. 687 _Nichomachean Ethics_ 7. 14. 1154 b. 688 τοιοῦτον Hertlein suggests, τούτων MSS. 689 The powers and activities of Helios are now described, 142 D‐152 A. 690 cf. 148 C, _Timaeus_ 47 A, _Republic_ 529 B, where Plato distinguishes mere star‐gazing from astronomy. 691 διὰ τὴν Hertlein suggests, καὶ τὴν MSS. 692 cf. 144 C. 693 _Timaeus_ 32 B; Plato says that to make the universe solid, “God set air and water between fire and earth.” 694 cf. 144 C. 179 A; Proclus on Plato, _Timaeus_ 203 E, says that because Dionysus was torn asunder by the Titans, his function is to divide wholes into their parts and to separate the forms (εἴδη). 695 Julian calls Dionysus the son of Helios 152 C, D, and the son of Zeus, _Oration_ 5. 179 B. 696 cf. 153 B, where Asclepios is called “the saviour of the All,” and _Against the Christians_ 200 A. 697 ἔκγονος MSS, ἔγγονος V, Hertlein. 698 νοητοῖς Petavius adds. 699 cf. 141 B, _Letter to the Athenians_ 275 B. 700 The sun. 701 Plato, _Symposium_ 206 B τόκος ἐν καλῷ. 702 _i.e._ Intellectual Helios. 703 _i.e._ Intelligible Helios. 704 Plato, _Laws_ 713 D defines daemons as a race superior to men but inferior to gods; they were created to watch over human affairs; Julian, _Letter to Themistius_ 258 B echoes Plato’s description; cf. Plotinus 3. 5. 6; pseudo‐Iamblichus, _De Mysteriis_ 1. 20. 61; Julian 2. 90 B.