Donati Graeci : : learning Greek in the Renaissance / / by Federica Ciccolella.

• Author: Ciccolella, Federica.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, 2008.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition 32.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (672 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The starting point generally acknowledged for the revival of Greek studies in the West is 1397, when the Byzantine Manuel Chrysoloras began to teach Greek in Florence. With his Erotemata, Chrysoloras gave to Westerners a tool to learn Greek; the search for the ideal Greek textbook, however, continue...