Leontius Pilatus
Leontius Pilatus | |
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| Born | Leontius Pilatus (Leonzio Pilato) Seminara, Reggio Calabria, Calabria. |
| Died | 1366 Gulf of Venice |
| Occupation | Greek literature, Latin literature, Theology and Philosophy |
| Literary movement | Italian Renaissance |
Leontius Pilatus (Greek: Λεόντιος Πιλάτος, Leontios Pilatos, Italian: Leonzio Pilato; died 1366) was an Italian scholar from Calabria and was one of the earliest promoters of Greek studies in Western Europe. Leontius translated and commented upon works of Euripides, Aristotle and Homer including the Odyssey and the Iliad into Latin and was the first professor of Greek in western Europe.