New Ancient Greek in a Neo-Latin World : : The Restoration of Classical Bilingualism in the Early Modern Low Countries and Beyond / / Raf Van Rooy.

• Superior document: Latinity and Classical Reception in the Early Modern Period Series
• VerfasserIn: Van Rooy, Raf,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Brill,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Latinity and Classical reception in the early modern period.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 178 pages).
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004547908
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Raf Van Rooy.

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