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This is a chiefly overlooked and under-recognized volume of Homer that was translated and extensively edited and annotated by one of the most important sixteenth century scholars and Christian reformers.Greek and Latin in parallel columns.
Sébastien Castellio (1515-1563) was one of the most important Christian humanist thinkers of the sixteenth century and an important early advocate for religious toleration, freedom of conscience and thought. Born in Saint-Martin-du-Frêne, France and educated in Lyon, he taught in Geneva until his conflicts with John Calvin led him to leave in 1544. He next moved to Basel, where this book was published, where he lived until his death.
Castellio wrote his first works on religious toleration following the execution of Michael Servetus for heresy in 1553. Although better known as a translator of the Bible into both Latin and French, this is the first edition of his translation and editing of the works of Homer from the Greek into Latin, published only two years… Read More
