See also:

• PILATUS, LEO, or LEONTIUS [LEONZIo PILATO] (d. 1366)

PILATUS, See also:

• LEO
• LEO (THE LION)
• LEO, BROTHER (d. c. 1270)
• LEO, HEINRICH (1799-1878)
• LEO, JOHANNES (c. 1494-1552)
• LEO, LEONARDO (1694–1744)

LEO, or See also:

• LEONTIUS

LEONTIUS [LEONZIo PILATO] (d. 1366)  , one of the earliest promoters of See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek studies in western See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, was a native of Thessalonica . According to See also:

• PETRARCH (1304-1374)

Petrarch, he was a Calabrian, who posed as a Greek in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy and as an See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian abroad . In 136o he went to See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence at the invitation of See also:

• BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI (1313-1375)

Boccaccio, by whose See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence he was appointed to a lectureship in Greek at the Studio, the first See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of the See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . After three years he accompanied Boccaccio to See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice on a visit to Petrarch, whom he had already met at See also:

• PADUA (Lat. Patavium ; Ital. Padova)

Padua . Petrarch, disgusted with his See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners and habits, despatched him to See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople to See also:

• PURCHASE

purchase See also:

• MSS

MSS. of classical authors . See also:

• PILATUS, LEO, or LEONTIUS [LEONZIo PILATO] (d. 1366)

Pilatus soon tired of his See also:

• MISSION

mission and, although Petrarch refused to receive him again, set See also:

• SAIL

sail for Venice . Just outside the Adriatic Gulf he was struck dead by See also:

• LIGHTNING

lightning . His See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief importance lies in his connexion with Petrarch and Boccaccio . He made a bald and almost word for word See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer into Latin See also:

• PROSE

prose for Boccaccio, subsequently sent to Petrarch, who owed his introduction to the poet to Pilatus and was anxious to obtain a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete translation . Pilatus also furnished Boccaccio with the material for his See also:

• GENEALOGY (from the Gr. yivos, family, and Vryos, theory)

genealogy of the gods, in which he made an ostentatious display of Greek learning . See See also:

• GIBBON
• GIBBON, EDWARD (1737–1794)

Gibbon, Decline and Fall, ch . 66; G .

Voigt, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Wiederbelebung See also:

• DES

des classischen Alterthums (1893); H . See also:

• HODY, HUMPHREY (1659-1707)

Hody, De Graecis illustribus (1742); G . See also:

• TIRABOSCHI, GIROLAMO (1731—1794)

Tiraboschi, Storia della letteratura italiana, v . 691 .