Gian Vittorio Rossi's Eudemiae libri decem
Nelson, Jennifer K.
Gian Vittorio Rossi (1577-1647) was an active participant in the intellectual and artistic community orbiting in Rome around Pope Urban VIII and the Barberini family. His prolific literary output encompassed letters, dialogues, orations, biographies, poetry, and fiction. A superlative Latinist, Rossi unleashed his biting wit and deep knowledge of Classical literature against perceived societal wrongs. Set in the fictional time and place of fir...