Leontius Pilatus
Leontius Pilatus | |
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| Born | Leontius Pilatus (Leonzio Pilato) |
| Died | 1366 |
| Occupation | Greek literature, Latin literature, Theology and Philosophy |
| Literary movement | Italian Renaissance |
Leontius Pilatus (Greek: Λεόντιος Πιλάτος, Leontios Pilatos, Italian: Leonzio Pilato; died 1366) was a Greek scholar from Calabria and was one of the earliest promoters of Greek studies in Western Europe. Leontius translated into Latin and commented upon works of Euripides, Aristotle and Homer, including the Odyssey and the Iliad, and was the first professor of Greek in western Europe.