Martino Filetico | |
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Born | 1430 |
Died | 1490 |
Nationality | Italian |
Occupation(s) | Philosopher and Writer |
Martino Filetico (1430 - 1490) was an Italian renaissance humanist and poet.
He was born in Filettino (now in the province of Frosinone) to Antonio and Anna around 1430. [1]
He died in Ferentino around 1490.
After completing his studies in Rome, he entered the academy of Pomponio Leto and, subsequently, went to Byzantium to study the Greek language. [2]
The most important work of his second stay in Urbino, composed between the end of 1462 and the beginning of 1463, remains the dialogue Iocundissimae disputationes, dedicated to Ottaviano degli Ubaldini and preserved in the only dedication manuscript, the Vat . Urb . lat . 1200, which contains some autograph corrections of the Filetico.
He taught the children of Federigo da Montefeltro in Urbino, of Alessandro Sforza in Rimini, and of Antonio Colonna in Rome. He translated Theocritus from Greek to Italian. [3]
He is known for translating the seven Idylls of Theocritus in the Moscopulo edition, probably drawing the Greek text from a manuscript in Federico's library.
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