Ascanio Persio

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Ascanio Persio (born March 9, 1554 in Matera , † February 1, 1610 in Bologna ) was an Italian humanist, Hellenist, Italianist and linguist.

life and work

Persio was a professor of Greek at the University of Bologna . In the Questione della lingua he advocated the consideration of southern Italy.

Ascanio Persio was the brother of the philosopher Antonio Persio (1542-1612).

Works

  • Discorso intorno alla conformità della lingua italiana con le più antiche lingue & principalmente con la greca , Venice / Bologna 1592, Naples 1874, Pisa 1985

literature

  • Tristano Bolelli, Ascanio Persio linguista e il suo Discorso (1592), in: L'Italia dialettale 30 (New Series 7) 1967
  • Mauro Padula / Camilla Motta, Antonio e Ascanio Persio. Il filosofo e il filologo , Matera 1991

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personal data
SURNAME Persio, Ascanio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian humanist, Graecist and language scholar
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1554
PLACE OF BIRTH Matera
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 1610
Place of death Bologna