Alessandro Lami (Rosignano Marittimo, 27 January 1949 - 8 March 2015)
was an
Italian classical
philologist.
Life
Born to the workman Pietro Lami and his wife Rina Colombini he grew up in
Castiglioncello
Castiglioncello (formerly ''Castiglione Mondiglio'') is a ''frazione'' of 3800 inhabitants of the ''comune'' of Rosignano Marittimo, in the province of Livorno, Tuscany, Italy.
Located in a privileged position from the panoramic point of view, aw ...
and was schooled in the knowledge of Latin and Classical Greek at the Liceo Classico "Niccolini Guerrazzi" in
Livorno
Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...
where he firstmeets his wife, Elisabetta Piccioni.
Having received a scholarship from the
Scuola Normale Superiore
The Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa (commonly known in Italy as "la Normale") is a public university in Pisa and Florence, Tuscany, Italy, currently attended by about 600 undergraduate and postgraduate (PhD) students.
It was founded in 1810 wi ...
, he eventually finishes his studies at the
University of Pisa, where his academic mentor is
Vincenzo di Benedetto
Vincenzo Di Benedetto (12 January 1934 – 19 or 20 July 2013) was an Italian classical philologist.
Life
Born to the tailor Saverio Di Benedetto and his wife Maria Gaetana (née Santoro) he grew up in Saracena ( Calabria) and acquired a sou ...
. There he teaches Greek Literature, first as an assistant professor, than as an associate professor.
He keeps with his research until shortly before his death, collaborating with Galenos, journal of philology of medical texts directed by his friend and coworker Ivan Garofalo.
He died in the morning of 8 March 2015 next to his wife.
His ashes rest in Castiglioncello sea.
Achievements
His areas of expertise included the history of
Greek Philosophy, history of
Greek Medicine
Ancient Greek medicine was a compilation of theories and practices that were constantly expanding through new ideologies and trials. Many components were considered in ancient Greek medicine, intertwining the spiritual with the physical. Specifi ...
and
Hippocratic Corpus.
His work, with comment and translation, of Galenic treatise ''De opinionibus propriis'', is considered the best.
[Pietro Rosa, Ivan Garofalo review / Alessandro Lami, Galeno, L'anima e il dolore, Milano 2012, in: Eikasmos 25 (2014), pp.494-503]
References
5. L. Benelli, Un profilo ed un ricordo di Alessandro Lami, Lexis 34 (2016), pp. 1–8. (in Italian)
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Italian philologists
1949 births
2015 deaths