Matthaios Kamariotis ( el, Ματθαῖος Καμαριώτης; died 1490) was a
Greek
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*Greeks, an ethnic group.
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scholar of the
Renaissance
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The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD ...
era, from
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...
. He was a lecturer at the
University of Constantinople
The Imperial University of Constantinople, sometimes known as the University of the Palace Hall of Magnaura ( el, Πανδιδακτήριον τῆς Μαγναύρας), was an Eastern Roman educational institution that could trace its corporat ...
and the first director of the Patriarchal Academy of
Constantinople
la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه
, alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya ( Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis ( ...
(
Phanar Greek Orthodox College
Phanar Greek Orthodox College or Phanar Roman Orthodox Lyceum ( tr, Özel Fener Rum Lisesi), known in Greek as the Great School of the Nation and Patriarchal Academy of Constantinople ( el, Μεγάλη του Γένους Σχολή, ''Megáli t ...
), founded by the Patriarch
Gennadius Gennadius or Gennadios may refer to:
People
* Gennadius of Constantinople (died 471), Patriarch of Constantinople from 458 to 471
* Gennadius of Massilia (5th century) Roman historian, best known for his work ''De Viris Illustribus''
* Gennadius ( ...
as a continuation of the University of Constantinople after the
Fall of Constantinople.
Works
*''Rhetorique'',
Augsburg
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, 1596
[Uppsala Universitaet, ''Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis'', Uppsala University Library, 1962, p. 286]
See also
*
Greek scholars in the Renaissance
The migration waves of Byzantine Greek scholars and émigrés in the period following the end of the Byzantine Empire in 1453 is considered by many scholars key to the revival of Greek studies that led to the development of the Renaissanc ...
References
1490 deaths
15th-century births
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15th-century Byzantine writers
15th-century Eastern Orthodox Christians
15th-century Greek people
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Greek Renaissance humanists
Writers from Thessaloniki
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15th-century Greek educators
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