HIST 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Monte Testaccio, Christian Ethics, Belvedere Torso
28 Mar 2017
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Hist 215 (20) the greek athletic ideal, machiavelli, and spectacles in renaissance. I greek athletic ideal comes to renaissance italy: chrysoloras and vergerio. Manuel chrysoloras: byzantine scholar in florence for three years (1397-1400: byzantine empire under serious threat from invasion, and destroyed in 1433. Before this, byzantines made desperate efforts to get western military support: greek renaissance: late 14th manuel came to florence to ask for help for byzantine. He lived in florence for 3 years, 1397-1400 and taught ancient. Greek literature to eager italian intellectuals: he was a gifted teacher and charaistmatic to point where students and later italian huamnists marked beginning of renissance with his byzantine arrival in florence. Greek authors mostly unknown in medieval western europe: demosthenes, Plutarch, xenophon, polybius, isocrates, and others: his students made latin translations of this text, became best sellers in 15th century. Contained ancient greek educational beliefs and greeka theltic ideal.
