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From Byzantium to Italy - Greek Studies in the Italian Renaissance (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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From Byzantium to Italy - Greek Studies in the Italian Renaissance (Paperback, 2nd edition)
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Which famous poet treasured his copy of Homer, but could never
learn Greek? What prompted diplomats to circulate a speech by
Demosthenes - in Latin translation - when the Turks threatened to
invade Europe? Why would enthusiastic Florentines crowd a lecture
on the Roman Neoplatonist Plotinus, but underestimate the
importance of Plato himself? Having all but disappeared during the
Middle Ages, classical Greek would recover a position of importance
- eventually equal to that of classical Latin - only after a series
of surprising failures, chance encounters, and false starts. This
important study of the rediscovery and growing influence of
classical Greek scholarship in Italy from the 14th to the early
16th centuries is brought up to date in a new edition that reflects
on the recent developments in the field of classical reception
studies, and contains fully up-to-date references to aid students
and scholars. From a leading authority on Greek palaeography in the
English-speaking world, here is a complete account of the historic
rediscovery of Greek philosophy, language and literature during the
Renaissance, brought up-to-date for a modern audience of
classicists, historians, and students and scholars of reception
studies and the Classical Tradition.
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