Annibale Caro (June 6, 1507-November 17, 1566) was an Italian poet. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose"
Biography
Born in Civitanova Marche, near Ancona, he became tutor to the wealthy family of Lodovico Gaddi in Florence, and then secretary to Lodovico's brother Giovanni. Civitanova Marche is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about 40 km southeast Ancona (Ankon is a city and a seaport in the Marche, a region of central Italy, population 101909 (2005 Florence ( Italian: Firenze Florentia and Fiorenza) is the Capital City of the Italian region of Tuscany At Gaddi's death, he entered the service of the Farnese family, and became confidential secretary to Pier Luigi Farnese, duke of Parma, and to his sons, Duke Ottavio and cardinals Ranuccio and Alexander. For the town in Italy with the same name see Farnese (VT. The Farnese family was an influential family in Renaissance Italy. Pier Luigi Farnese ( November 19, 1503 - September 10, 1547) was the first Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro The Duchy of Parma was a small Italian state between 1545 and 1802 and again from 1814 to 1860 Ottavio Farnese ( 9 October 1521 - September 18 1586) was Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1556 to 1586 and Duke of Castro in 1545-1547 Ranuccio Farnese ( August 11, 1530 - October 29, 1565) was an Italian prelate who was Cardinal of Santa Alessandro Cardinal Farnese ( 5 October 1520 &ndash 2 March 1589) was an Italian cardinal and diplomat a great collector and patron of the arts
Caro's most important work was his translation of the Aeneid. For the group of nine Ancient Egyptian deities see Ennead. The Aeneid (əˈniːɪd in He is also the author of poems, sonnets, and a comedy called Gli Straccioni. The sonnet is one of the poetic forms that can be found in Lyric poetry from Europe. Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and His work also includes two clever jeux d'esprit: La Fichelde, in praise of figs, and a eulogy of the big nose of Leoni Ancona, a local figure. Ficus is a Genus of about 850 Species of woody Trees Shrubs Vines Epiphytes and hemi-epiphytes in the family A eulogy is a speech or writing in Praise of a person or thing His poetry is noted for the freedom and grace of its versification, so that many claim that he brought verso sciolto to its highest form in Italy. Music term Verso sciolto means Free and Unrestricted (informal lighthearted in tone Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Caro also composed prose, including translations of Aristotle, Cyprian, and Gregory Nazianzen. Aristotle (Greek Aristotélēs) (384 BC – 322 BC was a Greek philosopher a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. This page is about Cyprian bishop of Carthage For other Cyprians see Cyprian (disambiguation. Gregory of Nazianzus (329 – January 25 389) (also known as Gregory the Theologian or Gregory Nazianzen) was a 4th-century Archbishop Letters he wrote, both in his own name and on behalf of the cardinals Farnese, are considered remarkable for both the baseness they display and for their euphemistic polish and elegance. A euphemism is a substitution of an agreeable or less offensive expression in place of one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant to the listener or in the case of doublespeak
Caro's fame was diminished because of the virulence with which he attacked Lodovico Castelvetro in one of his canzoni, and by his meanness for denouncing him to the Church for translating some of the writings of Philipp Melanchthon, and associate of Martin Luther. Lodovico Castelvetro (c1505-1571 was an important figure in the development of Neo-classicism, especially in Drama. Philipp Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerd) ( February 16, 1497 &ndash April 19, 1560) was a German professor and theologian Martin Luther (November 10 1483 February 18 1546 was a German Monk, theologian, university professor Father of Protestantism, and church reformer
He died in Rome in 1566. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 He is buried in the church of San Lorenzo in Damaso. San Lorenzo in Damaso ( Saint Lawrence in the House of Damasus) is a Basilica church in Rome, one of several dedicated to the Roman deacon
References
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