Aristobulus Apostolius
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Aristobulus Apostolius was a son of Michael Apostolius
and brother of Arsenius Apostolius
. The time of his birth and death is not known. He became an archdeacon
of Rome. He edited with a Greek preface the first edition of the Galeomyomachia, an imitation of the Batrachomyomachia
. His work was printed in 1494.
Michael Apostolius
Michael Apostolius was a Greek theologian and rhetorician of the 15th century.- Life :...
and brother of Arsenius Apostolius
Arsenius Apostolius
Arsenius Apostolius was a Greek scholar who lived for a long time in Venice. He was also bishop of Monemvasia in the Peloponnese.-Life:Arsenius Apostolius was a son of Michael Apostolius and brother of Aristobulus Apostolius...
. The time of his birth and death is not known. He became an archdeacon
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, Chaldean Catholic, and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church...
of Rome. He edited with a Greek preface the first edition of the Galeomyomachia, an imitation of the Batrachomyomachia
Batrachomyomachia
Batrachomyomachia or the Battle of Frogs and Mice is a comic epic or parody on the Iliad, definitely attributed to Homer by the Romans, but according to Plutarch the work of Pigres of Halicarnassus, the brother of Artemisia, queen of Caria and ally of Xerxes...
. His work was printed in 1494.
See also
- Greek scholars in the RenaissanceGreek scholars in the RenaissanceThe migration of Byzantine scholars and other émigrés from southern Italy and Byzantium during the decline of the Byzantine Empire and mainly after the fall of Constantinople in 1453 until the 16th century, is considered by some scholars as key to the revival of Greek and Roman studies and...