Alessandro Lami (Rosignano Marittimo, 27 January 1949 - 8 March 2015)[1][2] was an Italian classical philologist.

Alessandro Lami
Born
Alessandro Lami

27 January 1949
Rosignano Marittimo, Italy
Died8 March 2015
Livorno, Italy
OccupationPhilologist
SpouseElisabetta Piccioni
Parent(s)Pietro Lami, Rina Colombini

Life

Born to the workman Pietro Lami and his wife Rina Colombini he grew up in Castiglioncello and was schooled in the knowledge of Latin and Classical Greek at the Liceo Classico "Niccolini Guerrazzi" in Livorno where he firstmeets his wife, Elisabetta Piccioni.

Having received a scholarship from the Scuola Normale Superiore, he eventually finishes his studies at the University of Pisa, where his academic mentor is Vincenzo di Benedetto. There he teaches Greek Literature, first as an assistant professor, than as an associate professor.[3][4][5]

He keeps with his research until shortly before his death, collaborating with Galenos, journal of philology of medical texts directed by his friend and coworker Ivan Garofalo.[6]

He died in the morning of 8 March 2015 next to his wife.[1]

His ashes rest in Castiglioncello sea.[1]

Achievements

His areas of expertise included the history of Greek Philosophy, history of Greek Medicine and Hippocratic Corpus.[5] His work, with comment and translation, of Galenic treatise De opinionibus propriis, is considered the best.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Benelli, Luca (2016). "Un profilo ed un ricordo di Alessandro Lami". Lexis. 34: 1–8.
  2. ↑ Knut Hamsun – Per i sentieri dove cresce l’erba (in Italian)
  3. ↑ "LAMI Alessandro / Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris)". www.data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  4. ↑ "LAMI Alessandro / Site officiel de l'UMR Orient & Méditerranée (Paris)". www.orient-mediterranee.com. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  5. 1 2 "LAMI Alessandro / Site officiel de l'UMR Orient & Méditerranée (Paris)".
  6. ↑ "Dipartimento di Filologia e critica delle letterature antiche e moderne".
  7. ↑ Pietro Rosa, Ivan Garofalo review / Alessandro Lami, Galeno, L'anima e il dolore, Milano 2012, in: Eikasmos 25 (2014), pp.494-503

5. L. Benelli, Un profilo ed un ricordo di Alessandro Lami, Lexis 34 (2016), pp. 1–8. (in Italian)

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.