Nikolaos Loukanis
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Nikolaos Loukanis was a 16th-century Greek Rennaisance humanist. He worked in Venice where in 1526 he produced a translation of Homer's Iliad into modern Greek which is credited as one of the first literate texts published in Modern Greek since most Greek scholars wrote in the Koine.[1][2][3]
[edit] Known works
- Homer's Iliad, translation into modern Greek
[edit] References
- ^ Hans Georg Beck, Manoussos Manoussacas, Agostino Pertusi , Venezia, Centro Di Mediazione Tra Oriente E Occidente, Secoli XV-XVI, 1977, p.457
- ^ Nigel Guy Wilson, Encyclopedia Of Ancient Greece, 2006, p.367
- ^ ELIA reference to Loukanis' first publication in modern Greek
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