Modern Poets

Harvard University Press

Modern PoetsAuthor(s): Lilio Gregorio Giraldi, John N. Grant\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Harvard University Press, United States\nImprint: Harvard University Press\nISBN-13: 9780674055759, 978-0674055759\nSynopsis\nBorn in Ferrara, Lilio Gregorio Giraldi [tel] received an excellent classical education at the world-famous humanist schools of his native city. On his various travels in search of a patron, he visited Naples, frequenting the Academy there; Mirandola, where he entered the service of Gianfrancesco Pico; Milan, where he studied Greek under Demetrius Chalcondyles; and Rome, where he enjoyed the munificence of Pope Leo X. Following the sack of Rome in 1527, Giraldi eventually made his way back to Ferrara, where he spent the last years of his life. \n\nGiraldi was the author of many works on literary history, mythology, and antiquities. Among the most famous are his dialogues, translated here into English for the first time. Modeled on Ciceros Brutus, the work discusses hundr.