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Lodovico Domenichi (1515–1564) was an Italian translator.
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Querelle , Lodovico Domenichi
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Lodovico Domenichi (1515–1564) was an Italian translator.
Biography
Lodovico Domenichi was born in Piacenza (Italy) in 1515. After studying Law at the University of Padua, he pursued a literary career. He lived in Piacenza,Venice
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and Florence. He was renowned for his editions and translations of classical authors, including Xenophon, Plutarch, Polybius
Polybius (; grc-gre, Πολύβιος, ; ) was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic period. He is noted for his work , which covered the period of 264–146 BC and the Punic Wars in detail.
Polybius is important for his analysis of the mixed ...
, and Pliny the Elder. He also authored the first Italian translation of the Letter of Aristeas
The Letter of Aristeas to Philocrates is a Hellenistic work of the 3rd or early 2nd century BC, considered by some Biblical scholars to be pseudepigraphical. Harris, Stephen L., ''Understanding the Bible''. (Palo Alto: Mayfield) 1985; André Pell ...
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Pisa
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, Tuscany (Italy) on August 29, 1564.
Works
*''I Fatti de Greci, di Senofonte, isette, libri di Senofone delia impresa di Ciro'' (Venice: Giolito, 1547, 1548, 1558) *''Polibio historio greco'' (Venice: Giolito, 1545, 1553) *''Historia naturale di G. Plinio secundo'' (Venice: Giolito, 1561) *''Severino Boczio de Conforti filosofici'' (Florence: Torrentino, 1550; Venice: Giolito, 1562) *''Istorie del suo tempo di Paolo Giovio'' (Florence: Torrentino, 1531, 1553) *''Le Vite di Léon X e di Adriano VI pontefeci, e del cardinale Pompeo Colonna, del medesimo Paolo Giorno'' (Florence: Torrentino, 1549) *''La nobiltà delle donne'' (Venice: Giolito, 1549/1551) *''Aristea de settanta due interpreti'' (Florence: Torrentino, 1550)References
*"Lodovico Domenichi", in Louis-Gabriel Michaud, ''Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne'', 2nd ed., 1843-65.External links
*Querelle , Lodovico Domenichi
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