Antonio Urceo
Antonio Urceo called Codro (Latin: Antonius Urceus ; born August 14, 1446 in Rubiera ; † February 11, 1500 in Bologna ) was an Italian humanist whose family came from Orzinuovi near Brescia .
Antonio Urceo In 1479 he was a teacher in Forlì, among other things, of the long -established Ordelaffi family , who gave him the nickname Codrus, after Kodros , the last king of Attica and after the poor poet in Juvenal's Third Satire. From 1482 until his death in 1500 he taught the Greek language at the University of Bologna . The Venetian printer and publisher Aldus Manutius dedicated a collective edition of Greek epistles to the Epicurean in 1499 for use in teaching. This also included works by Theophylactus Simokates , which were translated into Latin by Nicolaus Copernicus and published in Cracow by Johann Haller in 1509 . This only independent publication by the astronomer, who studied in Bologna from 1496, is considered an indication that he had learned Greek from Codrus.
literature
- Carlo Malagola : Della vita e delle opere di Antonio Urceo detto Codro. 1878, online .
- JN Pendergrass: Jean de Pins: Letters and letter fragments . Librairie Droz, 2007, ISBN 9782600011013 , pp. 57-58.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Juvenal : Third Satire (zeno.org: Iuvenalis, Decimus Iunius, Gedichte, Des Decimus Junius Juvenalis Satiren, First Book, 3. Satire - Zeno.org , accessed on February 1, 2011)
- ^ Edward Rosen : Copernicus and his successor . Hambledon Press, London; Rio Grande 1995, ISBN 1-85285-071-X ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Urceo, Antonio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Urceus, Antonius; Codrus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian humanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1446 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rubiera |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 1500 |
| Place of death | Bologna |