Jean Boivin the Younger
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Jean Boivin the Younger or Jean Boivin de Villeneuve (Montreuil-l'Argillé
, 1 September 1663 - Paris, 29 October 1726) was a French writer, scholar and translator.
. After their father died in 1762, Louis
In 1692, Jean Boivin became garde of the king's library, where he made an important discovery of an ancient 4th or 5th century biblical text in uncial script later that same year, included in a manuscript of the homelies of saint Ephrem
. He acquired a scholarly reputation by publishing in Latin texts by the major mathematicians of antiquity and he was made a professor at the Collège royal
, where he held the ancient Greek chair from 1706 to 1726. He translated Nicephorus Gregoras
and Pierre Pithou
, as well as Aristophanes
, Homer
and Sophocles
, and wrote his own Greek poetry. He was elected a member of the Académie royale des inscriptions et belles-lettres
in 1705, and of the Académie française
in 1721.
Montreuil-l'Argillé
Montreuil-l'Argillé is a commune in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie in northern France.-Population:-References:*...
, 1 September 1663 - Paris, 29 October 1726) was a French writer, scholar and translator.
Life
Jean was the younger brother of Louis BoivinLouis Boivin
Louis Boivin was a French writer and the elder brother of Jean Boivin the Younger.-Life:A member of the Académie des inscriptions, he wrote Mémoires sur la Chronologie in which, according to the Dictionnaire Bouillet he jumped too easily to his derivations.-Source:...
. After their father died in 1762, Louis
In 1692, Jean Boivin became garde of the king's library, where he made an important discovery of an ancient 4th or 5th century biblical text in uncial script later that same year, included in a manuscript of the homelies of saint Ephrem
Ephrem
Ephrem is a given name that may also be spelled Efrem or Ephraem. Ephrem may refer to:-First name:*Ephrem the Syrian , Syrian saint*Efrem Emerson, American writer*Efrem Forni , Italian priest...
. He acquired a scholarly reputation by publishing in Latin texts by the major mathematicians of antiquity and he was made a professor at the Collège royal
Collège de France
The Collège de France is a higher education and research establishment located in Paris, France, in the 5th arrondissement, or Latin Quarter, across the street from the historical campus of La Sorbonne at the intersection of Rue Saint-Jacques and Rue des Écoles...
, where he held the ancient Greek chair from 1706 to 1726. He translated Nicephorus Gregoras
Nicephorus Gregoras
Nikephoros Gregoras, latinized as Nicephorus Gregoras , Byzantine astronomer, historian, man of learning and religious controversialist, was born at Heraclea Pontica....
and Pierre Pithou
Pierre Pithou
Pierre Pithou was a French lawyer and scholar. He is also known as Petrus Pithoeus.He was born at Troyes. From childhood he loved literature, and his father Pierre encouraged this interest. Young Pithou was called to the Paris bar in 1560...
, as well as Aristophanes
Aristophanes
Aristophanes , son of Philippus, of the deme Cydathenaus, was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. Eleven of his forty plays survive virtually complete...
, Homer
Homer
In the Western classical tradition Homer , is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest ancient Greek epic poet. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.When he lived is...
and Sophocles
Sophocles
Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides...
, and wrote his own Greek poetry. He was elected a member of the Académie royale des inscriptions et belles-lettres
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres is a French learned society devoted to the humanities, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France.-History:...
in 1705, and of the Académie française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
in 1721.
Works
- Veterum mathematicorum Athenaei, Apollodori, Philonis, Bitonis, Heronis et allorum opera graece et latine (1693)
- Nicephori Gregorae Byzantina historia, graece et latine (Byzantine history by Nicephorus GregorasNicephorus GregorasNikephoros Gregoras, latinized as Nicephorus Gregoras , Byzantine astronomer, historian, man of learning and religious controversialist, was born at Heraclea Pontica....
, 1702) - Petri Pithoei vita, elogia, opera, bibliotheca (life and works by Pierre PithouPierre PithouPierre Pithou was a French lawyer and scholar. He is also known as Petrus Pithoeus.He was born at Troyes. From childhood he loved literature, and his father Pierre encouraged this interest. Young Pithou was called to the Paris bar in 1560...
, 1711) - Apologie d'HomèreHomerIn the Western classical tradition Homer , is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest ancient Greek epic poet. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.When he lived is...
, et Bouclier d'AchilleAchillesIn Greek mythology, Achilles was a Greek hero of the Trojan War, the central character and the greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad.Plato named Achilles the handsomest of the heroes assembled against Troy....
(1715). Republished : Slatkine, Genève, 1970. - BatrachomyomachieBatrachomyomachiaBatrachomyomachia or the Battle of Frogs and Mice is a comic epic or parody on the Iliad, definitely attributed to Homer by the Romans, but according to Plutarch the work of Pigres of Halicarnassus, the brother of Artemisia, queen of Caria and ally of Xerxes...
d'Homère, ou Combat des rats et des grenouilles en vers françois (1717) - Œdipe, tragédie de SophocleSophoclesSophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides...
, et les OiseauxThe Birds (play)The Birds is a comedy by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed in 414 BCE at the City Dionysia where it won second prize. It has been acclaimed by modern critics as a perfectly realized fantasy remarkable for its mimicry of birds and for the gaiety of its songs...
, comédie d'AristophaneAristophanesAristophanes , son of Philippus, of the deme Cydathenaus, was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. Eleven of his forty plays survive virtually complete...
(1729)