Janus Lascaris

Janus Lascaris
Born1445
Constantinople
Died1534
Rome
NationalityGreek
OccupationGreek scholar

Janus Lascaris (Greek: Ἰανὸς Λάσκαρις, Ianos Laskaris; c. 1445, Constantinople – 7 December 1535, Rome), also called John Rhyndacenus (from Rhyndacus, a country town in Asia Minor), was a noted Greek scholar in the Renaissance.