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Manuel Chrysoloras | |
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 Manuel Chrysoloras portrayed by Paolo Uccello in 1408. Drawing currently preserved in the Louvre Museum, Paris. | |
| Born | c. 1350[1] |
| Died | 15 April 1415 |
| Nationality | Byzantine Greek[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Diplomat, educator, scholar, and professor[1] |
| Years active | 1390 – 1415 |
| Known for | Translating works of Homer, Aristotle, and Plato into Latin |
| Notable work | Erotemata Civas Questiones |
Manuel (or Emmanuel) Chrysoloras (Greek: Μανουὴλ Χρυσολωρᾶς; c. 1350[1] – 15 April 1415) was a Byzantine Greek classical scholar, humanist, philosopher, professor, and translator of ancient Greek texts during the Renaissance.[1][2] Serving as the ambassador for the Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaiologos in medieval Italy, he became a renowned teacher of Greek literature and history in the republics of Florence and Venice, and today he's widely regarded as a pioneer in the introduction of ancient Greek literature to Western Europe during the Late Middle Ages.[1][2]
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Manuel Chrysoloras (c. 1350–1415) was a Byzantine writer and scholar better known as professor of Greek language in Florence after 1397, the first one to hold public teaching office of Greek in Italy. His audience included famous Italian humanists like Guarino da Verona (his most loyal pupil), Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia, Coluccio Salutati, Roberto Rossi, Niccolò Niccoli, Leonardo Bruni, Carlo Marsuppini, Pier Paolo Vergerio, Uberto Decembrio, and others. After 1400, Chrysoloras left his teaching position and carried out mainly diplomatic missions in the service of the Byzantine emperor Manuel II Palaiologos.
- ^ a b "Manuel Chrysoloras | Greek scholar". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 20 July 2021.