A monk in 14th-century Italy wrote about the Americas

Re:A monk in 14th-century Italy wrote about the Americas by jhgb on Friday September 24, 2021 @10:41PM (#28650001)

But people never forgot Greek. It was, and still is, a living language. (Not to mention the undesirability of second-hand translations...)

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Re:A monk in 14th-century Italy wrote about the Americas by dr_dshiv on Saturday September 25, 2021 @12:10AM (#28650454)

Greek Orthodox; Roman Catholics forgot Greek. Until Marsilio Ficino translated Plato to Latin around 1450, Plato had been effectively lost in the west for 1000 years.

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