Hieronymus Angerianus or Girolamo Angeriano (died 1535) was an influential Italian

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poet from

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. He retired at a young age from the life of the Neapolitan court, to the family estates at Ariano di Puglia. His ''Erōtoπαιγνιον'' (''Erotopaegnion''), an epigram collection, was published in 1512 in

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. He was published in 1582 in the ''Poetae Tres Elegantissimi'' (Paris), with Joannes Secundus and Michelle Marullo. Sources differ considerably on his birth year, with some stating 1470,Web page title
"Tra Medioevo en rinascimento"
at Poeti di Italia in Lingua Latina website (in Italian), retrieved May 14, 2009 others giving "c. 1480" and another c. 1490.

English literature

His influence has been traced in

Giles Fletcher Giles Fletcher (also known as Giles Fletcher, The Younger; 1586? – 1623 in Alderton, Suffolk) was an English cleric and poet chiefly known for his long allegorical poem ''Christ's Victory and Triumph'' (1610). Life Fletcher was the younger ...

. He was later translated by

Walter Harte Walter Harte (1709–1774) was an English poet and historian. He was a friend of Alexander Pope, Oxford don, canon of Windsor, and vice-principal of St. Mary's Hall, Oxford. The son of the Reverend Walter Harte, a fellow of Pembroke College, ...

Selected Work of Harte, Walter (1709-1774)
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Thomas Moore Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852), was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist who was widely regarded as Ireland's "National poet, national bard" during the late Georgian era. The acclaim rested primarily on the popularity of his ''I ...

References

*Allan M. Wilson (editor) (1995), ''The Erotopaegnion: A Trifling Book of Love of Girolamo Angeriano''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Angerianus 15th-century births 1535 deaths Italian poets Italian male poets Writers from Naples People from Ariano Irpino 16th-century Neapolitan people