Willem Canter Explained

Willem Canter (1542–1575) was a classical scholar from Utrecht. He edited the Eclogues of Stobaeus and the tragedies of Euripides, Sophocles and Aeschylus.[1]

Canter studied under Jean Daurat in Paris before becoming an independent scholar in Louvain.[2] His Ratio emendandi (Basle, 1566) was a guide to editing and textual criticism.[3] He also translated the Sacred Tales of Aelius Aristides into Latin.[4]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Book: Sandys, John Edwin. John Edwin Sandys

    . John Edwin Sandys. A History of Classical Scholarship: From the Revival of Learning to the End of the Eighteenth Century in Italy, France, England and the Netherlands. 2 June 2013. 2011. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-108-02707-6. 216–7.

  2. Book: Sandys, John Edwin. John Edwin Sandys

    . John Edwin Sandys. A History of Classical Scholarship: From the Revival of Learning to the End of the Eighteenth Century in Italy, France, England and the Netherlands. 2 June 2013. 2011. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-108-02707-6. 216–7.

  3. Book: Wim Van Mierlo. Textual Scholarship and Material Book. 2 June 2013. December 2009. Rodopi. 978-90-420-2817-3. 305–.
  4. Book: Manfred Horstmanshoff. Barbara E. Borg. Paideia: The World of the Second Sophistic. https://books.google.com/books?id=sCQw8qpxO9AC&pg=PA286. 2 June 2013. 2004. Walter de Gruyter. 978-3-11-020471-1. 286. Aelius Aristides.