the year of the publication of The Neoplatonics, a homoerotic fantasy written while in prison soon after completing his translation of Lucian (1858–1859). Left among his papers at his death, the manuscript was afterwards read by Benedetto Croce, who advised against publication. References 1813 births 1877 deaths Italian academics 19th-century Neapolitan people Italian gay writers Italian LGBT politicians Italian people of the Italian unification Members of the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy Exiled Italian politicians