Dacier, Anne Lefebvre

Dacier, Anne Lefebvre
(1647-1720)
   scholar
   Born in Preuilly-sur-Claise, Anne Lefebvre Dacier, or Mme Dacier as she is known, like her husband, André dacier, was a scholar who translated the ancient Greek and Latin authors. She took part in the second debate between the Ancients and the Moderns and, as a translator of Homer's Iliad (1699) and Odyssey (1708), opposed the liberal adaptations of those works. She took a strong position in support of the Ancients in her treatise Causes de la corruption de goût (1714).

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  • Lefèbvre — Lefebvre, Lefèbvre oder Lefèvre ist der Familienname folgender Personen: André Lefèbvre (1894–1963), französischer Automobilingenieuer Eckard Lefèvre (* 1935), deutscher Altphilologe Fabien Lefèvre (* 1982), französischer Kanuslalomfahrer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Dacier, André — ▪ French scholar and translator born April 6, 1651, Castres, France died Sept. 18, 1722, Paris       classical scholar and translator who with his wife, Anne Dacier (Dacier, Anne), was responsible for some of the famous Delphin series of editions …   Universalium

  • Dacier, André — (1651 1722)    scholar    Born in Castres, André Dacier was the husband of the scholar anne lefebvre dacier. A convert to Catholicism (1685), he translated numerous Greek and Latin works. Dacier was elected to the Académie Française in 1695 and… …   France. A reference guide from Renaissance to the Present

  • Lefebvre — bzw. Lefèbvre ist der Familienname folgender Personen sowie Unternehmensname: André Lefèbvre (1894–1963), französischer Automobilingenieuer André Louis Lefebvre de Laboulaye (1876–1966), französischer Botschafter Catherine Lefèbvre (1753–1835),… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • André Dacier — (6 April 1651 – 18 September 1722), Latin Andreas Dacerius, was a French classical scholar and editor of texts. He began his career with an edition and commentary of Festus De verborum significatione, and was the first to produce a readable text… …   Wikipedia

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