Louis Giry

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Louis Giry (born February 8, 1596 in Paris , † July 28, 1665 ibid) was a French lawyer, man of letters and translator. He was a member of the Académie française .

life and work

Louis Giry was a lawyer in Parliament . He belonged to the advisory group of Richelieu , then Mazarins . Outside of his professional life, he excelled as a translator. For 40 years he translated important texts from Italian, Latin and Greek, whereby the beautiful target language was particularly important to him. In 1636 he was elected to the Académie française, to which he belonged for 30 years.

Louis Giry was the father of the Paulan François Giry (1635–1688), author of numerous spiritual works.

Works (translations)

  • Traiano Boccalini : Pierre de touche politique tirée du Mont de Parnasse où the traitté du gouvernement des principales monarchies du monde . Jacques Villery, Paris 1626.
  • Tacitus or Quintilian : Des causes de la corruption de l'éloquence, dialogue attribué par quelques-uns à Tacite, & par autres à Quintilien . Paris 1630.
  • Tertullian : Apologétique ou Défense des Chrétiens contre Les Accusations des Gentils . Paris 1636.
  • (with Nicolas Perrot d'Ablancourt , Pierre Du Ryer and Olivier Patru ) Cicero : Huit Oraisons de Cicéron . Paris 1638.
  • (with Pierre Du Ryer ) Isocrates : De la Louange d'Hélène et de Busire . Camusat, Paris 1640.
  • Isaac Habert (theologian) (1600–1668): De l'union de l'Église avec l'État . P. Blaise, Paris 1641.
  • Plato : Apologie de Socrate et Criton, dialogue . Vve J. Camusat, Paris 1643.
  • Sulpicius Severus : Histoire sacrée . A. Courbé, Paris 1652.
  • Cicero : Brutus . A. Courbé, Paris 1653.
  • Augustine : Epîtres choisies . 4 vols. Le Petit, Paris 1653–1658.
  • (with Pierre Du Ryer) Cicero: Les Tusculanes . Sommaville, Paris 1655.
  • Tertullian: De la Chair de Jésus-Christ, et de la Résurrection de la chair . Le Petit, Paris 1661.
  • Augustine: De la cité de Dieu . Books 1–10. 2 vols. Le Petit, Paris 1665–1667.

literature

  • Claude Raffron: La vie du RP François Giry, ancien provincial des religieux minimes de la province de France . Delaunay, Paris 1691, pp. 1-4.

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personal data
SURNAME Giry, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French lawyer, man of letters and translator, member of the Académie française
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1596
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 1665
Place of death Paris