New Ancient Greek in a Neo-Latin World
Raf Van Rooy
Did you know that many reputed Neo-Latin authors like Erasmus of Rotterdam also wrote in forms Ancient Greek? used this New Greek language to celebrate a royal return from Spain Brussels, honor deceded friends Johann Froben, pray while on pilgrimage, and promote new Aristotle edition. But classical bilingualism was not the prerogative happy few Renaissance luminaries: less well-known humanists, too, activated their bilingual competence impress patrons; nuance ideas feelings; manage information by encoding gossip private matters Greek; adorn books art with poems two languagges, so on. As reader, discover promising research perspectives bridge gap between long-standing discipline studies young field studies.