Lodoïs de Martin du Tyrac, Comte de Marcellus
Lodoïs de Martin du Tyrac, Comte de Marcellus , actually Marie-Louis Jean André Charles De Martin du Tyrac, Comte de Marcellus (born January 19, 1795 , † April 28, 1861 ) was a French diplomat and Graecist.
Life
Marie-Louis Jean André Charles De Martin du Tyrac, known as Lodoïs, was the fourth Comte de Marcellus , Lot-et-Garonne , Guyenne . He was born at the Château de Marcellus as the son of Comte Marie-Louis Auguste de Martin du Tyrac de Marcellus. From 1815 to 1820 he was the embassy secretary in Constantinople . In 1820 he made sure that the Venus de Milo did not get on a Turkish ship, but was brought to France. He became First Embassy Secretary in London under Chateaubriand (1821) and chargé d'affaires under the same government (1822).
On May 30, 1824, he married Valentine de Forbin, daughter of Comte de Forbin , director general of the Royal Museums, in Paris . They received the Château d'Audour in Dompierre-les-Ormes . In this castle they received the painter François Marius Granet , who wrote his memoirs there. The couple had no offspring, so that the title of Comte de Marcellus passed on to his nephew Cyprien de Martin du Tyrac de Marcellus (1831-1906).
In 1824 he was special envoy in Madrid , then envoy to the court of Lucca (1826–1829). In 1829 Jules de Polignac suggested the post of Undersecretary in the Foreign Ministry , but after careful consideration he declined.
During the July monarchy of 1830 he withdrew from public life and devoted himself to writing until his death. These include travel memories, a work on the Greek folk song, political and diplomatic matters as well as the philological preoccupation with the Dionysiacs of Nonnos of Panopolis and with the paraphrase of the Gospel of John , which was ascribed to Nonnos at the time.
He died in 1861 and was buried in the church of Marcellus. His wife survived him by 25 years and continued to receive artists in the castle of Audour, such as the poet Alphonse de Lamartine . She was also buried there.
Fonts (selection)
Marcellus published mostly under the title Le Comte de Marcellus (until 1841, the year of his father's death, under the title Le Vicomte de Marcellus ) and the specification Ancien ministre plénipotentiaire .
- Souvenirs de l'Orient , 1839, 2 vol. in-8 °, 1853, in-18
- Vingt jours en Sicile , 1851, 2 vol. in-8 °
- Chant du peuple en Grèce , 1851, 2 vol. in-8 °
- Politique de la Restauration en 1822–1823 , 1853
- Les Dionysiaques , de Nonnos de Panopolis, Greek text and translation, 1855, gr. In-4 °; translation only, 1856, 1 vol. in-32 °
- Souvenirs diplomatiques , 1858, in-8 °
- Châteaubriand et son temps , 1859, in-8 °
- Paraphrase de l'Evangile de Jean , par Nonnos de Panopolis. Greek text 1861, French translation 1861 (both published posthumously)
literature
- Gonda Van Steen : Liberating Hellenism from the Ottoman Empire: Comte De Marcellus and the Last of the Classics . Palgrave MacMillan, New York 2010. - Review by Amy Muse, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 05/06/2011
Web links
- Literature by and about Lodoïs de Martin du Tyrac, Comte de Marcellus in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
gallery
Coat of arms of the Comtes de Marcellus
Portrait by Ingres from 1825
Portrait of his wife by Ingres
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martin du Tyrac, Lodoïs de, comte de Marcellus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Comte de Marcellus; Marie-Louis Jean André Charles De Martin du Tyrac (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French diplomat and Graecist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1795 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 28, 1861 |