Angelo da Montepulciano

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Angelo da Montepulciano, better known as Angelo Poliziano, was a leading Italian Renaissance humanist, poet, and classical scholar associated with the Medici court in Florence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenist
Italian Renaissance humanist
classical scholar
human
poet
translator
university teacher
alsoKnownAs Angelo Ambrogini
Angelo Poliziano
Politian
birthName Angelo Ambrogini
citizenship Republic of Florence
countryOfBirth Republic of Florence
countryOfDeath Republic of Florence
dateOfBirth 1454-07-14
dateOfDeath 1494-09-28
educatedAt University of Florence
employer Lorenzo de' Medici
Medici court
fieldOfWork classical philology
humanism
poetry
translation
genre epic poetry
pastoral poetry
scholarly commentary
influenced Italian Renaissance literature
humanist scholarship in Florence
influencedBy Homer
Ovid
Quintilian
Virgil
languageOfWorkOrName Ancient Greek
Italian
Latin
memberOf Medici intellectual circle
movement Italian Renaissance
notableWork Fabula di Orfeo
Miscellanea
Orfeo
Stanze per la giostra
placeOfBirth Montepulciano
placeOfDeath Florence
positionHeld professor of Latin and Greek literature
tutor to the Medici children
studentOf Cristoforo Landino
Marsilio Ficino
taughtAt University of Florence
workLocation Florence

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Angelo Poliziano alsoKnownAs Angelo da Montepulciano
Politian alsoKnownAs Angelo Ambrogini da Montepulciano
linked to: Angelo da Montepulciano