When was Homer's THE ODYSSEY first translated into Italian?

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When was Homer's THE ODYSSEY first translated into Italian?

2007-04-24 04:31:42 · 2 answers · asked by mhm_s_516 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History

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The first translation of The Odyssey into Italian dates to the 15th century and was made by Francesco Aretino
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odissea_(traduzioni)

2007-04-27 09:33:57 · answer #1 · answered by martox45 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Books and Their Makers During the Middle Ages: A Study of the Conditions of the Production and...
by George Haven Putnam - 1896

Boccace (?)
This work, completed in 1362, was the first translation of Homer for modern readers. He had for his instructor and assistant an Italian named Leontius

2007-04-24 05:57:18 · answer #2 · answered by cruisingyeti 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋