Georg Rataller
Georg Rataller (also George Rataller , Georgius Ratallerus , * 1528 in Leeuwarden , † 1581 ) was a Dutch philologist and translator.
Life
He attended school in his hometown of Leeuwarden, one of his classmates was Suffridus Petrus (1527–1597). He then went to Utrecht, where he studied with Macropedius . In addition to his legal studies, he devoted himself, contrary to his father's wishes, to philology, from 1548 in Leuven , one year later in Bourges, France . After a stay in Italy he became a council member in Mechelen in 1560 . A few years later he became the envoy of Margaret of Parma to Frederick II in Denmark . In 1569 he became council president in Utrecht , "more to prevent bad things at the time of the uprising than from internal inclination."
Rataller made a name for himself primarily as a translator of Greek works which he translated into Latin ( Hesiod , Sophocles , Euripides, etc.).
Works (selection)
- (as translator :) Euripidis poëtæ tragici tres tragoediæ, Phoenissae, Hippolytus coronatus , atque Andromacha ,… Antwerp 1581. ( digitized version )
literature
- Daniel Jacoby: Rataller, Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 339 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Stylistically revised first section of the ADB article (see literature).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rataller, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rataller, George; Ratallerus, Georgius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch philologist and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1528 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leeuwarden |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1581 |