The Battle of Lepanto

by Harvard University Press

Overview

The defeat of the Ottomans by the Holy League fleet at the Battle of Lepanto (1571) was among the most celebrated international events of the sixteenth century. This volume anthologizes the work of twenty-two poets from diverse social and geographical backgrounds who composed Latin poetry, often modeled on Vergil and other Roman poets, in response to the news of the battle, the largest Mediterranean naval encounter since antiquity. Among the poems included is the two-book Austrias Carmen by the remarkable Juan Latino, a black African former slave who became a professor of Latin in Granada. The poems, including two previously unpublished, are here translated into English for the first time, along with fresh editions of the Latin texts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674725423
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	04/28/2014
Series:	The I Tatti Renaissance Library , #61
Pages:	560
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.10(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Elizabeth R. Wright is Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Georgia.

Sarah Spence is Distinguished Research Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature, Emerita, at the University of Georgia.

Andrew Lemons is Associate Instructor in the University Writing Program at the University of Utah.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Illustrations xxv

The Battle of Lepanto

I Song of the Nereids Carlo Malatesta 2

II On the treaty struck between the Christian leaders Belisario Gadaldini 12

III Proteus Cornelio Amalteo 18

IV [When nurturing Venus beholds the tragic ruin] Marc Antonio Tritonio 26

V To those who died in the Holy War Nicolò Paladino 30

VI [A city in mourning pays homage to Hector] Alessandro Allegri 32

VII Hymn to Saint Mark and Saint Justina Davide Podavini 36

VIII On Mustafa Giovanni Canevari 44

IX [I am the moon; the fear of war has surrounded me] Maffeo Galladei 50

X The council of the damned and Ali in despair Giovanni Battista Oliva 52

XI Anonymous: On the painter portraying the same victory 64

XII On the Action victory over the depraved fleet of Turks Agostino Fortunio 66

XIII To Sehastiano Venter, admiral of the Venetian fleet Giovanni Battista Amalteo 70

XIV Anonymous: One hundred verses: to the City 80

XV Anonymous: [I will now sing of the happy deeds] 88

XVI Nautical Eclogue, or The naval contest of the Christians and Turks Giovanni Antonio Taglietti 118

XVII To the most reverend Paolo Odescalchi, Bishop of Penne and Atri Giovanni Antonio Odescalchi 146

XVIII [The long-desired day at last dispelled the fading shadows] Ottaviano Manini 160

XIX A shining song for the victor, John of Austria Pompeo Arnolfini 176

XX The Victory at Naupactus Giovanni Baptista Arcucci 194

XXI Song on the victory of the Christian fleet Guglielmo Moizio 226

XXII The Song of John of Austria Juan Latino 288

Appendix I Glossary of Names and Places 407

Appendix II Biographical Information 423

Note on the Texts 433

Notes to the Texts and Translations 435

Bibliography 498

Index of First Lines 503

Index 505