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Entry | La peste de Atenas de Tucídides †

La peste de Atenas de Tucídides †

Typology: Translation | Language: Castilian | Place of publication: ? | Publisher: ? | Year: 16th-17th centuries

Greek Text: no

Content: Athens’ Plague

Little is known about Pinciano's translation: in 1875, the Revista de España (nos. 46-47, p. 526) reported its existence, while also noting that it was no longer traceable: «Tradujo tambien el médico Pinciano, en la lingua castellana, la descripcion de la peste del Peloponeso, que se encuentra en la Historia de Tucídides; pero esta traduccion quedó inédita». It was probably a Castilian translation of Thuc. 2.47-54 (Athens' Plague).