Flashcards: Greek–Latin translators

Anastasius Bibliothecarius or Anastasius the Librarian (c. 810 – c. 878) was bibliothecarius (literally "librarian") and chief archivist of the Church of Rome and also briefly an Antipope.

Calcidius (or Chalcidius) was a 4th-century philosopher (and possibly a Christian) who translated the first part (to 53c) of Plato's Timaeus from Greek into Latin around the year 321 and provided with it an extensive commentary.

Dominicus Gundissalinus, also known as Domingo Gundisalvo (fl. c. 1150), may have been a converted Jew, and was the archdeacon of Segovia, Spain and a scholastic philosopher.

Leontius Pilatus, or Leontius (Leonzio Pilato; died 1366) (Latin: Leontius Pilatus, Greek: Λεόντιος Πιλάτος, Leontios Pilatos, Italian: Leonzio Pilato), was a Calabrian scholar and was one of the earliest promoters of Greek studies in Western Europe.

Guarino da Verona (1370 – December 14, 1460) was an early figure in the Italian Renaissance.

Gaius Marius Victorinus (also known as Victorinus Afer; fl. 4th century) was a Roman grammarian, rhetorician and Neoplatonic philosopher.

Eugenius of Palermo (also Eugene) (Latin: Eugenius Siculus, Greek: Εὐγενἠς Εὐγένιος ὁ τῆς Πανόρμου, Italian: Eugenio da Palermo; c. 1130 – 1202) was an amiratus (admiral) of the Kingdom of Sicily in the late twelfth century.

John Argyropoulos (Greek: Ἰωάννης Ἀργυρόπουλος Ioannis Argiropoulos, Italian: Giovanni Argiropulo, surname also spelt Argyropulus, or Argyropulos, or Argyropulo; c. 1415 – 26 June 1487) was a lecturer, philosopher and humanist, one of the émigré Greek scholars who pioneered the revival of Classical learning in 15th-century Italy.

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (/ˌdɛzɪˈdɪəriəs ɪˈræzməs/; 28 October 1466 – 12 July 1536), known as Erasmus or Erasmus of Rotterdam, was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian.

Ambrose Traversari, O.

Maximus Planudes (Greek: Μάξιμος Πλανούδης, Máximos Planoúdēs; c. 1260 – c. 1305) was a Byzantine Greek monk, scholar, anthologist, translator, grammarian and theologian at Constantinople.

Simon Atumano was the Bishop of Gerace in Calabria from 23 June 1348 until 1366 and the Latin Archbishop of Thebes thereafter until 1380.

Paul Cullen (29 April 1803 – 24 October 1878) was Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and previously of Armagh, and the first Irish cardinal.

Tyrannius Rufinus, also called Rufinus of Aquileia (Rufinus Aquileiensis; 340/345–410), was a monk, historian, and theologian.

Theodorus Gaza or Theodore Gazis (Greek: Θεόδωρος Γαζῆς, Theodoros Gazis; Italian: Teodoro Gaza; Latin: Theodorus Gazes), also called by the epithet Thessalonicensis (in Latin) and Thessalonikeus (in Greek) (c. 1398 – c. 1475), was a Greek humanist and translator of Aristotle, one of the Greek scholars who were the leaders of the revival of learning in the 15th century (the Palaeologan Renaissance).

Demetrios Chalkokondyles (Greek: Δημήτριος Χαλκοκονδύλης), Latinized as Demetrius Chalcocondyles and found variously as Demetricocondyles, Chalcocondylas or Chalcondyles (1423 – 9 January 1511) was one of the most eminent Greek scholars in the West.

George of Trebizond (Greek: Γεώργιος Τραπεζούντιος; 1395–1472 or 1473) was a Greek philosopher, scholar and humanist.

Giovanni Aurispa Piciunerio (or Piciuneri) (June/July 1376–c. 25 May 1459) was an Italian historian and savant of the 15th century.

Germain de Brie (1490–1538), sometimes Latinized as Germanus Brixius, was a Renaissance French humanist scholar and poet.

Donato Acciaioli (1429 – August 28, 1478) was an Italian scholar.

Zanobi Acciaioli (25 May 1461 – 27 July 1519) was an Italian Dominican friar, a member of the Acciaioli family of Florence.

Attius Labeo (active 1st century AD) was a Roman writer during the reign of Nero.

Francesco Filelfo (Latin: Franciscus Philelphus; July 25, 1398 – July 31, 1481) was an Italian Renaissance humanist.

Willem van Moerbeke, O.

James of Venice was a significant translator of Aristotle of the twelfth century.

Epiphanius Scholasticus was a sixth-century translator of Greek works into Latin.

Janus Cornarius (ca. 1500 – March 16, 1558) was a Saxon humanist and friend of Erasmus.

Gentian Hervetus (Hervet) (b. at Olivet, near Orléans, in 1499; d. at Reims, 12 September 1584) was a French Roman Catholic theologian, humanist and controversialist.

Raffaello Maffei, OSM (17 February 1451 – 25 January 1522) was an Italian humanist, historian and theologian; and member of the Servite Order.