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Entry | Epitafio di Pericle. Tucidide. Introduzione e commento di Filippo Maria Pontani

Epitafio di Pericle. Tucidide. Introduzione e commento di Filippo Maria Pontani

Typology: Commentary | Language: Italian | Place of publication: Rome | Publisher: Bonacci Editore | Year: 1950

Greek Text: yes

Content: Pericles’ Funeral Oration

Filippo Maria Pontani (1913-1983), classical philologist, translator, and Byzantinist. Pontani taught Greek and Latin in secondary schools before entering academia and later became Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine Philology at the University of Padua. Through his translations, he played a key role in introducing contemporary Greek poets – such as Seferis, Kavafis, and Ritsos – to Italian readers. He also founded the Institute of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at Padua. Treccani

Commentary on Thuc. 2.34-46 (Pericles' Funeral Oration), with an introduction.

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