Ettore Paratore, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian latinist
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Place of Birth: Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy
About Ettore Paratore
- Ettore Paratore (23 August 1907 – 15 October 2000) was an Italian Latinist and academic. Paratore was born in Chieti, Italy; his father was a doctor and science teacher, while his mother was a professor.
- He completed his studies in literatures at the University of Palermo in 1927.
- He later became a professor of Latin literature at the University of Catania.
- After moving to Rome, he started teaching Greek and Latin grammar at the Sapienza University of Rome.Paratore wrote groundbreaking works about Latin writers such as Virgil, Tacitus and Petronius.
- He also focused his writings on the influences of Latin culture on the works by Italian writers as Dante Alighieri, Alessandro Manzoni and Gabriele D'Annunzio.
- Paratore was a member of the Lincean Academy.
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