(c.55 AD-c.127 AD) Decimus Junius Juvenalis Works: • The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia and Lucilius (English) Born c.55 Aquino (Italia) Died c.127 Roma (Italia) Occupation Poet Writer
Juvenal
Category: Literature
Tacitus
(56 AD-c.120 AD) Publius Cornelius Tacitus Works: • A Dialogue Concerning Oratory (English) • Agricola (Finnish) • Arguments of Celsus, Porphyry, and the Emperor Julian, Against the Christians (English) • Die Germania (German) • Germania (Finnish) • Germania and Agricola…
Suetonius
(c.69 AD-after 122 AD) Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus Works: • The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete (English) • The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 1: Julius Caesar (English) • The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 2: Augustus (English)…
Montesquieu
(1689–1755) Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu Works: • Esprit des lois (French) • Le temple de Gnide (French) • Lettres persanes, tome I (French) • Lettres persanes, tome II (French) • Persialaisia kirjeitä (Finnish) Born…
Luigi Pirandello
(1867–1936) Works: • A vilanza (la bilancia); Cappiddazzu paga tuttu (Italian) • Cappidazzu paga tuttu (Italian) • Come prima meglio di prima (Italian) • Enrico IV (Italian) • L’innesto (Italian) • L’umorismo (Italian) • La ragione degli altri (Italian) •…
Baruch Spinoza
Benedictus de Spinoza (1632–1677) Works: • A Theologico-Political Treatise, Part 1 (English) • A Theologico-Political Treatise, Part 2 (English) • A Theologico-Political Treatise, Part 3 (English) • A Theologico-Political Treatise, Part 4 (English) • Ethica (Dutch) • Ethics (English) •…
Matteo Maria Boiardo
(1441–1494) Matteo Maria Boiardo, Conte di Scandiano Works: • Orlando innamorato (Italian) • Orlando Innamorato (English) Born 1441 Scandiano (Italia) Died December 19 1494 Reggio Emilia (Italia) Occupation Poet Writer
Jean Racine
(1639–1699) Jean-Baptiste Racine Works: • Athaliah (English) • De Pleiters (Dutch) • Esther (English) • Esther (French) • Mithridate (French) • Phaedra (English) • Phaidra (Finnish) Racine in Art: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’apothéose d’Homère 1827 Musée du Louvre, Paris …
Pierre Corneille
(1606–1684) Works: • Cid (Finnish) • L’occasion perdue recouverte (French) • Œuvres de P. Corneille, Tome 1 (French) • Œuvres de P. Corneille, Tome 2 (French) • Œuvres de P. Corneille, Tome 3 (French) • Œuvres de P. Corneille, Tome…
Giambattista Vico
(1668–1744) Giovan Battista Vico Works: • Principes de la Philosophie de l’Histoire traduits de la ‘Scienza nuova’ (French) Born June 23 1668 Napoli (Italia) Died January 23 1744 Napoli (Italia) Occupation Historian Humanist Occupation Jurist Philosopher Occupation Rhetorician Writer