retired and was made an Honorary Fellow. Scholar Lee published a study of the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea (1935), and translations with commentary of Aristotle's Meteorologica (1952), Plato's Republic (1955) and his dialogues Timæus and Critias (1971). In his edition of the Republic of Plato, Lee defended Plato against criticism based on the term "noble lie", and translated γενναίον ψεύδος (gennaion pseudos) as "magnificent myth". He wrote: In 1971 Desmond Lee added an Appendix on Atlantis to his translation of Plato's Timaeus-Critias: While conceding a possible historical background for Atlantis Lee at the same time called the Atlantis story "imaginary history" and "science fiction" in the past. Private life In 1935, Lee married Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel A. Crookenden CBE DSO, and they had one son and two daughters. An art collector, his paintings included an Ivon Hitchens landscape. In an obituary, a Clifton colleague wrote of him: Lee died on 8 December 1993, after many years of retirement, with his mental powers failing. At the time of his death he was living at 8, Barton Close, Cambridge. He had become an active supporter of the parish church at Grantchester. Honours Knighthood, 1961 Honorary D. Litt, University of Nottingham, 1963 Publications Zeno of Elea: a text and notes, 1935 Aristotle, Meteorologica, 1952 Plato, Republic, 1955, revised edition 1974 Plato, Timæus and Critias, with an appendix on Atlantis, 1971 (NB: The 2008 revised edition omits the Appendix on Atlantis) Entry and Performance at Oxford and Cambridge, 1966–71, 1972 Wittgenstein's Lectures 1930–32 (ed.), 1980 References 1908 births 1993 deaths Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Fellows of University College, Cambridge Fellows of Wolfson College, Cambridge People educated at Repton School Headmasters of Clifton College Headmasters of Winchester College People from Nottingham