Raimondo Cunich
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| Raimondo Cunich | |
| Born | January 17, 1719 Ragusa, Croatia |
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| Died | November 22, 1794 (aged 75) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Priest, Humanist |
Raimondo Cunich (January 17, 1719 – November 22, 1794) was a Greek and Latin humanist.
Cunich was born in Ragusa and lost his father early in life. In 1734, at age fifteen, he was sent to the order of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in Rome. He became, along with Roger Boscovich, one of the most illustrious academics produced by the Republic of Ragusa.
Cunich spent twenty-seven years teaching Latin and Greek in Florence, Rome and other parts of Italy. He wrote several elegant orations, including one for Pope Clement XIII, and many epigrams and elegies following Tibullus and Catullus. He translated Theocritus and the epigrams of the Greek Anthology. His best-known work is the Latin translation of The Iliad.
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- Raimund Cunich listing in Biographisches Lexikon des Kaisertums Österreich Dritter Teil Cöremans - Eger
