{"product_id":"michael-marullus-michael-marullus-9780674055063","title":"Michael Marullus: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Marullus (c. 1453\/4-1500), born in Greece, began life as a mercenary soldier but became a prominent Neo-Latin poet and scholar who worked in Florence and Naples. He married the beautiful and learned Alessandra Scala, daughter of the humanist Bartolomeo Scala, chancellor of Florence, and his \u003ci\u003eEpigrams\u003c\/i\u003e bring alive the circle of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de'Medici. Among Marullus' influences were ancient Greek texts such as the Homeric and Orphic hymns, the \u003ci\u003eCorpus Hermeticum\u003c\/i\u003e, the hymns of Proclus, Cleanthes, and Callimachus, and Julian the Apostate's \u003ci\u003eHymn to the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e. Marullus was particularly important, however, as one of the first Renaissance poets to imitate the works of Lucretius, and one witness reported that, after his death by drowning, a copy of the Roman poet's works was found in his saddlebag. Later poets imitated him in vernacular love poetry, especially Ronsard; he even appears as a shadowy figure in the pages of George Eliot's \u003ci\u003eRomola\u003c\/i\u003e, where he is depicted as a confirmed pagan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition contains Marullus' complete Latin poetry. All of these works appear in English translation for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Marullus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674055063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674055063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.30d","brand":"Michael Marullus","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065037435135,"sku":"9780674055063","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2583d8d2-ef30-42bc-b707-f95982a89f78.jpg?v=1768672724","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/michael-marullus-michael-marullus-9780674055063","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}