Elio Lampridio Cerva
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Elio Lampridio Cervino or Cerva (
poet who wrote in Latin.Life
Cerva was born in 1463, belonging to one of the most important noble families of Ragusa, the
House of Cerva.[2]
He spent several years in
Pomponio Leto, his poetic talent awoke. He studied ancient drama and made a study of the comedies of Plautus. It was in this period that he produced Lexicon (1480), an encyclopedic dictionary in Latin, 429 pages long and in quarto format (33 x 23 cm). He returned to Ragusa in 1490, and became a spokesman for the Republic. Finally, Cerva decided to withdraw to the Ombla
river island, where he remained until his death in 1520. Although called a poet, he published only four short components (all in Latin) during his life. His main work, De Epidauro, was a draft of an epic poem, about the Ottoman invasions of Ragusan territory.
A staunch supporter of Latin, he disliked Slavic,Latin, as mentioned by him in one of his works:
Latin: «In speciem magnae deducta propagine Romae. Nec sapio Illyriam, sed uiuo et tota Latina Maiestate loquor.»
English: «Now I shine as descendant of the great Rome. I don't know Illyric, but I speak and I live in the entire majesty of Latin.»— Cerva, De Epidauro et Ad Sanctum Blasium pro Rhacusa[5]
See also
- List of Ragusans
References
- ^ Milorad Živančević (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon] (in Serbo-Croatian). Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia): Matica srpska. p. 64.
- ISBN 978-88-8147-253-6.
- ISBN 0-472-02560-0.
- ^ Documentation Centre of Dalmatian Culture Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine, Uomini Illustri, Elio Lampridio Cerva, poeta incoronato (in Italian)
- ^ "Projekat "Croatiae Authori Latini"". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21.
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