Leontius Pilatus

Writer, Author

– 1366

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Who was Leontius Pilatus?

Leontius Pilatus, or Leontius, was a Calabrian scholar and was one of the earliest promoters of Greek studies in Western Europe. Leontius translated and commented upon works of Euripides, Aristotle and Homer including the Odyssey and the Iliad into Latin and was the first professor of Greek in western Europe.

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Also known as
  • Пилатос, Леонтиос
Profession
Lived in
  • Thessaloniki
Died
1366
Gulf of Venice

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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