Lodovico Domenichi

Lodovico Domenichi was an Italian translator.

Biography

Lodovico Domenichi was born in Piacenza in 1515. After studying Law at the University of Padua, he pursued a literary career. He lived in Piacenza, Venice and Florence. He was renowned for his editions and translations of classical authors, including Xenophon, Plutarch, Polybius, and Pliny the Elder. He also authored the first Italian translation of the Letter of Aristeas. Domenichi died in Pisa, Tuscany on August 29, 1564.

Works

I Fatti de' Greci di Senofonte; i sette, libri di Senofonte della impresa di Ciro
Polibio historico greco
Historia naturale di G. Plinio Secondo
Severino Boezio de' Conforti filosofici
Istorie del suo tempo di Paolo Giovio
Le Vite di Leone X e di Adriano VI pontefici, e del cardinale Pompeo Colonna, del medesimo Paolo Giorno
La nobiltà delle donne
''Aristea de' settantadue interpreti''