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== Biography == == Biography ==
Born in ], Gentili spent his youth in ] and graduated from the Liceo Classico "Ovidio" in ].<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|Catenacci|2014}}, {{Harvard citation year brackets|Gentili|1981|p=175}}</ref> He enrolled in the ], where he studied Greek Literature under ] and Byzantine Philology under ]. He graduated, tutored by Mercati, with a thesis in Byzantine Philology on the topic "Studio critico intorno alla storia di Agatia e alla sua tradizione manoscritta" .<ref>Later reworked and published: {{Harvard citation year brackets|Gentili|1944}}.</ref> Soon after graduation, Gentili became assistant to ] (Romagnoli's successor), teaching Greek and Latin Metre. Born in ], Gentili spent his youth in ] and graduated from the Liceo Classico "Ovidio" in ].<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|Catenacci|2014}}, {{Harvard citation year brackets|Gentili|1981|p=175}}.</ref> He enrolled in the ], where he studied Greek Literature under ] and Byzantine Philology under ]. He graduated, tutored by Mercati, with a thesis in Byzantine Philology on the topic "Studio critico intorno alla storia di Agatia e alla sua tradizione manoscritta" .<ref>Later reworked and published: {{Harvard citation year brackets|Gentili|1944}}.</ref> Soon after graduation, Gentili became assistant to ] (Romagnoli's successor), teaching Greek and Latin Metre.


In 1956 Gentili became Professor of Greek Literature in the newly-founded Faculty of Humanities of the University of Urbino, explicitly nominated by the ] ].<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|Catenacci|2014|p=449}}.</ref> He was nominated Emeritus soon after his retirement (]). In 1956 Gentili became professor of Greek literature in the newly founded Faculty of Humanities of the University of Urbino, explicitly nominated by the ] ].<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|Catenacci|2014|p=449}}.</ref> He was nominated emeritus soon after his retirement (]).


Gentili died aged 98 in Rome, in 2014. His wife was Franca Perusino,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rocha |first=Roosevelt |date= |year=April 2017 |title=Review of: Per Bruno Gentili. Filologia e critica, 100 |url=https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2017/2017.04.47/ |journal=Bryn Mawr Classical Review |issue=47 |issn=1055-7660 |quote=Edited by Franca Perusino, Gentili's widow.}}</ref> Emerita of Classical Philology at the University of Urbino.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Franca Perusino - presso l'Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo |url=https://www.uniurb.it/persone/franca-perusino |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=www.uniurb.it |language=it}}</ref>
Gentili died aged 98 in Rome, in 2014. His second wife was Franca Perusino, Emerita of Classical Philology at the University of Urbino.


== Research == == Research ==
Gentili was a specialist of Ancient Greek poetry and metre. He wrote extensively on poets such as ], ], ] and ]. He was recognized as a major expert of Greek metre and in 1950 he published his first monograph on the topic, which became one of his lines of research;<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|''Metrica''|1950}}.</ref> his 1952 book on the subject, ''La metrica dei Greci'', was re-edited and augmented in 2003 in collaboration with Liana Lomiento.<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|''Metrica''|1952}}, {{Harvard citation year brackets|''Metrica''|2003}}.</ref> In 1999 he and Franca Perusino edited a monograph on ancient Greek ].<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|''Colometria''|1999}}.</ref> He studied Greek tragedy<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|''Spettacolo''|1977}}, {{Harvard citation year brackets|''Spettacolo''|2006}}.</ref> and ancient historiography<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|''Discorso storico''|1977}}, {{Harvard citation year brackets|''Storia e biografia''|1983}}.</ref> and Roman culture, co-writing a history of Latin literature.<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|''Letteratura latina''|1976}}, {{Harvard citation year brackets|''Letteratura latina''|1987}}.</ref> Gentili was a specialist of Ancient Greek poetry and metre. He wrote extensively on poets such as ], ], ] and ], and was recognized as a major expert of Greek metre. In 1950 he published his first monograph on the topic, which became one of his lines of research;<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|''Metrica''|1950}}.</ref> his 1952 book on the subject, ''La metrica dei Greci'', was re-edited and augmented in 2003 in collaboration with Liana Lomiento.<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|''Metrica''|1952}}, {{Harvard citation year brackets|''Metrica''|2003}}.</ref> In 1999 he and Franca Perusino edited a monograph on ancient Greek ].<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|''Colometria''|1999}}.</ref> He studied Greek tragedy<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|''Spettacolo''|1977}}, {{Harvard citation year brackets|''Spettacolo''|2006}}.</ref> and ancient historiography<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|''Discorso storico''|1975}}, {{Harvard citation year brackets|''Storia e biografia''|1983}}.</ref> and Roman culture, co-writing a history of Latin literature.<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|''Letteratura latina''|1976}}, {{Harvard citation year brackets|''Letteratura latina''|1987}}.</ref>


Gentili also worked as critical editor of Greek texts. In 1958, other than publishing a volume of studies on Bacchylides,<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|''Bacchylides''|1958}}.</ref> he edited the fragments of Anacreon.<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|''Anacreon''|1958}}.</ref> His major critical work is the ] collection, edited with Carlo Prato, of all the extant fragments of the Greek elegiac poets.<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|''PEG'' I|1988}}, {{Harvard citation year brackets|''PEG'' II|2002}}.</ref> Starting from the 1990s, he promoted the critical edition, with Italian translation and philological commentary, of Pindar's odes.<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|Pindaro|2012}}, {{Harvard citation year brackets|Pindaro|2013}}.</ref> Gentili also worked as critical editor of Greek texts. In 1958, other than publishing a volume of studies on Bacchylides,<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|''Bacchylides''|1958}}.</ref> he edited the fragments of Anacreon.<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|''Anacreon''|1958}}.</ref> His major critical work is the ] collection, edited with Carlo Prato, of all the extant fragments of the Greek elegiac poets.<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|''PEG'' I|1988}}, {{Harvard citation year brackets|''PEG'' II|2002}}.</ref> Starting from the 1990s, he promoted the critical edition, with Italian translation and philological commentary, of Pindar's odes.<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|Pindaro|2012}}, {{Harvard citation year brackets|Pindaro|2013}}.</ref>
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== Honors<ref>{{Harvard citation year brackets|Catenacci|2014|p=|pp=452–453}}.</ref> == == Honors ==
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* ]: National membership (]) — previously: correspondent (]). * ]: National membership (]) — previously: correspondent (]).
* ] ] — Grand Officer (2nd Class) (1989). * ] ] — Grand Officer (2nd Class) (1989).
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Gentili in 2007 at the University of Urbino.

Bruno Gentili OMRI (20 November 1915 – 7 January 2014) was an Italian classical scholar and philologist, Emeritus at the University of Urbino.

A prolific scholar, Gentili was an expert of Ancient Greek poetry and metre.

Biography

Born in Valmontone, Gentili spent his youth in Abruzzo and graduated from the Liceo Classico "Ovidio" in Sulmona. He enrolled in the Sapienza University of Rome, where he studied Greek Literature under Ettore Romagnoli and Byzantine Philology under Silvio Giuseppe Mercati. He graduated, tutored by Mercati, with a thesis in Byzantine Philology on the topic "Studio critico intorno alla storia di Agatia e alla sua tradizione manoscritta" . Soon after graduation, Gentili became assistant to Gennaro Perrotta (Romagnoli's successor), teaching Greek and Latin Metre.

In 1956 Gentili became professor of Greek literature in the newly founded Faculty of Humanities of the University of Urbino, explicitly nominated by the chancellor Carlo Bo. He was nominated emeritus soon after his retirement (1991).

Gentili died aged 98 in Rome, in 2014. His wife was Franca Perusino, Emerita of Classical Philology at the University of Urbino.

Research

Gentili was a specialist of Ancient Greek poetry and metre. He wrote extensively on poets such as Alcman, Anacreon, Bacchylides and Pindar, and was recognized as a major expert of Greek metre. In 1950 he published his first monograph on the topic, which became one of his lines of research; his 1952 book on the subject, La metrica dei Greci, was re-edited and augmented in 2003 in collaboration with Liana Lomiento. In 1999 he and Franca Perusino edited a monograph on ancient Greek colometry. He studied Greek tragedy and ancient historiography and Roman culture, co-writing a history of Latin literature.

Gentili also worked as critical editor of Greek texts. In 1958, other than publishing a volume of studies on Bacchylides, he edited the fragments of Anacreon. His major critical work is the Teubner collection, edited with Carlo Prato, of all the extant fragments of the Greek elegiac poets. Starting from the 1990s, he promoted the critical edition, with Italian translation and philological commentary, of Pindar's odes.

In 1965 he and Perrotta co-edited an anthology of archaic Greek poetry, which became a widely used textbook in Italian schools.

Publications

  • Gentili, Bruno (1944). "I codici e le edizioni delle "Storie" di Agatia". Bullettino dell'Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medio Evo e Archivio Muratoriano. 58: 163–176.
  • Perrotta, Gennaro; Gentili, Bruno, eds. (1948). Polinnia. Lirica greca arcaica. Messina – Firenze: Casa Editrice G. D'Anna.
    • Gentili, Bruno, ed. (1965). Polinnia. Lirica greca arcaica (2nd ed.). Messina – Firenze: Casa Editrice G. D'Anna.
    • Gentili, Bruno; Catenacci, Carmine, eds. (2007). Polinnia. Lirica greca arcaica (3rd ed.). Messina – Firenze: Casa Editrice G. D'Anna.
  • Gentili, Bruno (1950). Metrica greca arcaica. Messina – Firenze: Casa Editrice G. D'Anna.
  • Gentili, Bruno (1952). La metrica dei Greci. Messina – Firenze: Casa Editrice G. D'Anna.
  • Gentili, Bruno, ed. (1958). Anacreon. Romae: in aedibus Athenei.
  • Gentili, Bruno (1958). Bacchilide. Studi. Urbino: S. T. E. U.
  • Gentili, Bruno; Cerri, Giovanni (1975). Le teorie del discorso storico nel pensiero greco e la storiografia romana arcaica. Roma: Edizioni dell'Ateneo.
  • Gentili, Bruno; Pasoli, Elio; Simonetti, Manlio (1976). Storia della letteratura latina. Roma – Bari: Laterza.
    • Gentili, Bruno; Stupazzini, Luciano; Simonetti, Manlio (1987). Storia della letteratura latina (2nd ed.). Roma – Bari: Laterza.
  • Gentili, Bruno (1977). Lo spettacolo nel mondo antico. Teatro ellenistico e teatro romano arcaico. Roma – Bari: Laterza.
    • Gentili, Bruno (2006). Lo spettacolo nel mondo antico. Teatro ellenistico e teatro romano arcaico (2nd ed.). Roma: Bulzoni. ISBN 978-8-878-70092-5.
  • Gentili, Bruno (1981). "Eric R. Dodds mentitore?". Quaderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica. 7 (31): 175–176. JSTOR 20538671 – via JSTOR.
  • Gentili, Bruno; Cerri, Giovanni (1983). Storia e biografia nel pensiero antico. Roma – Bari: Laterza.
  • Gentili, Bruno; Prato, Carolus (Carlo), eds. (1988) . Poetarum elegiacorum Graecorum testimonia et fragmenta. Vol. I (2nd ed.). Leipzig: BSB B. G. Teubner Verlagsgesellschaft. ISBN 3-322-00457-0.
  • Gentili, Bruno; Perusino, Franca, eds. (1999). La colometria antica dei testi poetici greci. Pisa – Roma: Istituti Editoriali e Poligrafici Internazionali.
  • Gentili, Bruno; Lomiento, Liana (2003). Metrica e ritmica. Storia delle forme poetiche nella Grecia antica. Milano: Mondadori Università. ISBN 88-882-4208-2.
  • Gentili, Bruno; Prato, Carolus (Carlo), eds. (2002) . Poetarum elegiacorum Graecorum testimonia et fragmenta. Vol. II (2nd ed.). Berlin - New York: Walter de Gruyter GmbH. ISBN 978-3-598-71702-4.
  • Pindaro (2012) . Gentili, Bruno; Angeli Bernardini, Paola; Cingano, Ettore; Giannini, Pietro (eds.). Le Pitiche (5 ed.). Roma – Milano: Fondazione Lorenzo Valla – Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. ISBN 978-88-04-39143-2.
  • Pindaro (2013). Gentili, Bruno; Catenacci, Carmine; Giannini, Pietro; Lomiento, Liana (eds.). Le Olimpiche. Roma – Milano: Fondazione Lorenzo Valla – Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. ISBN 978-88-04-62712-8.

Honors

References

  1. Catenacci (2014), Gentili (1981), p. 175.
  2. Later reworked and published: Gentili (1944).
  3. Catenacci (2014), p. 449.
  4. Rocha, Roosevelt (April 2017). "Review of: Per Bruno Gentili. Filologia e critica, 100". Bryn Mawr Classical Review (47). ISSN 1055-7660. Edited by Franca Perusino, Gentili's widow.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  5. "Franca Perusino - presso l'Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo". www.uniurb.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-12-29.
  6. Metrica (1950).
  7. Metrica (1952), Metrica (2003).
  8. Colometria (1999).
  9. Spettacolo (1977), Spettacolo (2006).
  10. Discorso storico (1975), Storia e biografia (1983).
  11. Letteratura latina (1976), Letteratura latina (1987).
  12. Bacchylides (1958) harvp error: no target: CITEREFBacchylides1958 (help).
  13. Anacreon (1958).
  14. PEG I (1988), PEG II (2002).
  15. Pindaro (2012), Pindaro (2013).
  16. Polinnia (1948); re-edited: Polinnia (1965), Polinnia (2007).
  17. Catenacci (2014), pp. 452–453.

Bibliography

  • Angeli Bernardini, Paola (2014). "Bruno Gentili †". Gnomon. 86 (5): 476–479. JSTOR 24774683 – via JSTOR. (Obituary)
  • Catenacci, Carmine (2014). "Ricordo di Bruno Gentili" (PDF). Eikasmós. 25: 447–454. (Obituary)
  • Musti, Domenico. "Gentili, Bruno". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani.
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