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Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 12:49:31 -0700
To: classics@u.washington.edu
From: David Lupher <dlupher@ups.edu>
Subject: Re: Aristotle in English

Terrence Lockyer writes (inter alia):
>							  The 1536 Latin
>of Alexander Paccius (Alessandro Pazzi) was apparently a considerable
>improvement on Valla, and the real catalyst (along with Horace) for the 16th
>C. revival.

I have the recollection (which I can't confirm at the moment) that
Sidney was familiar with the Italian "vulgarization" by Castelvetro,
published in Vienna in 1570.  Sidney's Italian was, of course, very
good.  But he also imbibed Aristotle's notions via Scaliger and
Minturno.

David Lupher
Classics Dept.
Univ. of Puget Sound


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