, grandson of the preceding, was born in 1454. After a slight education at Venice, he was placed,
, grandson of the preceding,
was born in 1454. After a slight education at Venice, he
was placed, when very young, under the tuition of Matteo
Bosso, then resident at Verona. At the age of eight he
became the scholar of Pomponius Lactus at Rome, and
studied under him for the space of ten years, commencing
an intimacy with the most celebrated literati of the age,
and in particular with Theodore Gaza, who formed the
most honourable opinion of his talents. On his return to
Venice, by his father’s advice he went to reside at Padua,
in order to finish his education in that university. Here he
first applied himself to the version of “Themistii Paraphrasis,
” which was finished in the nineteenth, but not
published until (1473) the twenty-sixth year of his age.
The following year he was nominated to pronounce the
funeral oration of the doge Niccolo Marcello, a composition
which is at present extant. Retiring again to Padua, he
was authorised, by a special faculty from the senate, to
read lectures on philosophy, and with great public approbation expounded Aristotle’s Ethics, and drew up an epitome of them for the benefit of his hearers. Hermolaus
spent five years uninterruptedly at this seat of learning, and
having attained his twenty-third year, was, by the general
approbation, created a doctor of the civil and canon law.
In 1479 he returned to his native city, where he was speedily admitted to all those honours which were compatible
with his rank and age. Yet persevering in his studies, he
this year interpreted “Aristotelis Rhetorica,
” published
his “Themistius
” in the following in and in 1484,
” Aristotelis Dialecticen,"
besides a number of poems and other occasional productions.