Giovanni Andrea dell' Anguillara

Giovanni Andrea dell'Anguillara
Giovanni Andrea dell' Anguillara
Born	c. 1517 Sutri, Papal States
Died	c. 1572 Rome, Papal States
Occupations	Poet Intellectual Dramatist
Known for	Italian translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses
Family	House of Anguillara
Writing career
Language	Italian
Genre	Poetry drama translation
Literary movement	Renaissance

Giovanni Andrea dell'Anguillara (c. 1517 – c. 1570) was an Italian poet. His verse translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses (the complete version was published in 1561) was often reprinted and has been highly praised by italian critics; a partial translation of Virgil's Aeneid enjoyed less success. Anguillara also wrote the comedy Anfitrione, and the tragedy Edippo, based on Seneca's Oedipus and on Sophocles' Oedipus Rex.^[1]