Planudes Maximus (plən
`dēz măk`sĭməs) or Maximus Planudes, c.1260–c.1330, Byzantine scholar, an exceptionally learned monk. His edition of the Greek Anthology Greek Anthology, a collection of short epigrammatic poems representing Greek literature from the 7th cent. B.C. to the 10th cent. A.D. It contains more than 6,000 poems on a variety of subjects by some 320 authors.
..... Click the link for more information. was long the standard. His prose collection of Aesop's Fables is outstanding.
`dēz măk`sĭməs) or Maximus Planudes, c.1260–c.1330, Byzantine scholar, an exceptionally learned monk. His edition of the Greek Anthology Greek Anthology, a collection of short epigrammatic poems representing Greek literature from the 7th cent. B.C. to the 10th cent. A.D. It contains more than 6,000 poems on a variety of subjects by some 320 authors...... Click the link for more information. was long the standard. His prose collection of Aesop's Fables is outstanding.
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