▁died ▁when ▁the ▁boy ▁was ▁only ▁two . ▁Nevertheless , ▁using ▁( but ▁not ▁acknowled ging ) ▁Latin ▁transl ations ▁of ▁authors ▁such ▁as ▁Eur ip ides , ▁he ▁translated ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁several ▁Greek ▁authors ▁into ▁Italian , ▁among ▁them ▁Ach illes ▁T ati us ▁( Le u ci ppe ▁and ▁Cl it oph on , ▁ 1 5 4 4 ), ▁H omer ' s ▁Od ys sey ▁( L ' U l isse , ▁ 1 5 7 3 , ▁post hum ous ) ▁and ▁the ▁History ▁of ▁the ▁Greek ▁Em per ors ▁( 1 5 6 9 , ▁post hum ous ) ▁by ▁Nic et as ▁A com in atus . ▁He ▁also ▁translated ▁various ▁Latin ▁authors , ▁sometimes ▁very ▁lo os ely , ▁other ▁times , ▁such ▁as ▁for ▁Sen eca ' s ▁ten ▁tra ged ies , ▁with ▁f idel ity ▁to ▁the ▁original . ▁ ▁Ron nie ▁H . ▁Ter pen ing ▁con cludes ▁his ▁book ▁on ▁Dol ce ▁by ▁not ing ▁that ▁Tr uly , ▁then ▁as ▁now , ▁taking ▁into ▁account ▁all ▁his ▁imper fe ctions ▁and ▁those ▁of ▁the ▁age , ▁this ▁is ▁a ▁worthy ▁career ▁for ▁any ▁man ▁or ▁woman ▁of ▁letters . ▁Without ▁his ▁un st int ing ▁efforts , ▁the ▁history ▁and ▁development ▁of ▁Italian ▁literature ▁would ▁surely ▁be ▁the ▁poor er . ▁In ▁addition , ▁if ▁what ▁others ▁have ▁said ▁about ▁him ▁is ▁accurate , ▁Dol ce ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁good ▁man , ▁for ▁after ▁“ in def at