Antonio de Ferraris | |
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 A portrait of Antonio de Ferraris. | |
| Born | Antonio de Ferraris 1444 Galatone, Apulia, Kingdom of Naples, Southern Italy |
| Died | 1517 Lecce, Apulia, Kingdom of Naples |
| Occupation | Humanist, Philosopher, Doctor, Academic, |
| Literary movement | Italian Renaissance |
| Notable works | De situ Japigiae |
Antonio de Ferraris (Latin: Antonius de Ferraris, Greek: Ἀντώνιος Φεράρις; c. 1444 – 12 November 1517),[1] also known by his epithet Galateo (Latin: Galateus, Greek: Γαλάτειος), was an Italian scholar, academic, doctor and humanist, of Greek descent.[2]
- ^ Zappala, Michael O. (1990). Lucian of Samosata in the Two Hesperias: an essay in literary and cultural translation. Scripta Humanistica. p. 74. ISBN 0-916379-71-X.
Antonio De Ferrariis (II Galateo) and "Eremita" By virtue of his Italo-Greek background and his connections with the Spanish court. Antonio de Ferraris (1444 - 1517) is a particularly interesting figure.
- ^ Golino, Carlo Luigi; University of California, Los Angeles. Dept. of Italian; Dante Alighieri Society of Los Angeles; University of Massachusetts Boston (1989). Italian quarterly, Volume 30. Italian quarterly. p. 5. OCLC 1754054.
(Antonio de Ferrariis detto Galateo) He was born in Galatone in 1448 and was himself of Greek extraction - a fact that he always brought to light with singular pride.