CARO, ANNIBALE (1507-1566)

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CARO, ANNIBALE (1507-1566) , Italian poet, was born at Civita Nuova, in Ancona, in 1507. He became tutor in the family of Lodovico Gaddi, a

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Florentine, and then secretary to his brother Giovanni, by whom he was presented to a valuable ecclesiastical preferment at Rome. At Gaddi's death, he entered the service of the Farnese family, and became confidential secretary in succession to Pietro Lodovico, duke of Parma, and to his sons, duke Ottavio and cardinals Ranuccio and Alexander.

Caro

CARO, ANNIBALE (1507-1566)
CARO, ELME MARIE (1826-1887)

's most important

work

WORK

was his

translation

TRANSLATION

of the Aeneid (Venice, 1584; Paris, 176o). He is also the author of Rime, Canzoiii, and sonnets, a comedy named Gli Straccioni, and two clever jeux d'esprit, one in praise of

figs

FIGS

, La Ficheide, and another in eulogy of the big nose of Leoni Ancona, president of the Academia della 'Vert &

Caro

CARO, ANNIBALE (1507-1566)
CARO, ELME MARIE (1826-1887)

's poetry is distinguished by very
considerable ability, and particularly by the freedom and grace of its versification; indeed he may be said to have brought the verso sciolto to the highest development it has reached in Italy. His

prose

PROSE

works consist of translations from

Aristotle

ARISTOTLE
ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.)

, Cyprian and Gregory Nazianzen; and of letters, written in his own name and in those of the cardinals Farnese, which are remarkable both for the baseness they display and for their euphemistic

polish

POLISH

and elegance. His fame has been greatly damaged by the virulence with which he attacked Lodovico Cas,telvetro in one of his canzoni, and by his meanness in denouncing him to the Holy Office as translator of some of the writings of Melanchthon. He died at Rome about 1566.

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