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	Jacques Amyot - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Amyot, Jacques (1513-1593), French humanist, bishop, and translator, born in Melun, France, of poor parents.
		Jacques Amyot (October 30, 1513 - February 6, 1593), French Renaissance writer and translator, was born of poor parents, at Melun.
		Jacques Amyot: French bishop and classical scholar famous for his translation of Plutarch's Lives...
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	Jacques Amyot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jacques Amyot (October 30, 1513-February 6, 1593), French Renaissance writer and translator, was born of poor parents, at Melun.
		Through Jacques Colure (or Colin), abbot of St. Ambrose in Bourges, he obtained a tutorship in the family of a secretary of state.
		Montaigne said of him, "I give the palm to Jacques Amyot over all our French writers, not only for the simplicity and purity of his language in which he surpasses all others, nor for his constancy to so long an undertaking, nor for his profound learning...
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jacques_Amyot (643 words)

	Jacques Amyot
		Happening to be at Blois when the Guises were murdered, Amyot was falsely accused of having connived at the assassination.
		It is the general opinion of scholars that, by his translation of Plutarch, Amyot contributed greatly to the refinement of the French language.
		Amyot's works are: translations of Heliodorus (1547) and of Diodorus Siculus (1554), "Amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé" (1559), "Vies des hommes illustres de Plutarque" (1565-75), "(Euvres morales de Plutarque" (1572).
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/a/amyot,jacques.html (373 words)

	Jacques Amyot - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		JACQUES AMYOT (1513- 1 593), French writer, was born of poor parents, at Melun, on the 30th of October 1513.
		Montaigne said of him,"I give the palm to Jacques Amyot over all our French writers, not only for the simplicity and purity of his language in which he surpasses all others, nor for his constancy to so long an undertaking, nor for his profound learning.
		Amyot took great pains to find and interpret correctly the best authorities, but the interest of his books to-day lies in the style.
	29.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AM/AMYOT_JACQUES.htm (623 words)

	Amyot Jacques - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Amyot Jacques - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Rogge, Jacques (1942-), Belgian President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) (2001-).
		Rogge was born in Ghent and was an accomplished...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Amyot_Jacques.html (193 words)

	Amyot, Jacques - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Amyot, Jacques
		Amyot's version of Plutarch's Moralia appeared in 1572, completing a task of translating Plutarch that caused him to be hailed by his contemporaries as ‘le prince des traducteurs’ (the ‘prince of translators’).
		Favoured by four successive French kings, Amyot was finally made bishop of Auxerre in 1570, where he spent the rest of his life.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Amyot%2c+Jacques (253 words)

	Pierre Dupuy, Jacques Dupuy, presented by Olivier THILL. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Pierre and Jacques are from a family of high-ranking civil servants, allied to the most prestigious families of French parlementarians: de Thou, Séguier, Harlay.
		Ismael Boulliau resides in the house of Jacques Dupuy.
		Jacques (birth: 18 Sep. 1591 in Tours - death: Nov. 1596 in Paris), librarian of Jacques-Auguste de Thou, prior of Saint Sauveur, host of the Academie des freres Dupuy, warden of the library of the king.
	members.aol.com /OlivThill/dupuy1.htm (2157 words)

	§6. Sir Thomas North’s "Plutarch". I. Translators. Vol. 4. Prose and Poetry: Sir Thomas North to Michael ...
		Amyot’s book, which was Montaigne’s breviary, came to Thomas North, who embellished Amyot, as Amyot had embellished Plutarch.
		North’s Plutarch is as far from Amyot’s as Amyot’s is from its original.
		They move and throb with life, as if they were not mere symbols, but were the very essence of drama and of action.
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		Jacques Amyot and the Epopée Héroique in Prose: The Sçavant Translateur
		Jacques Amyot belongs to the category of sçavants translateurs discussed by Du Bellay in his Deffence et illustration de la langue française (1549).
		Thus Amyot's translation was to shape not only the evolutionary trajectory of the novel in western Europe but also that of the epopée héroïque in verse.
	www.apaclassics.org /AnnualMeeting/02mtg/abstracts/sandy.html (240 words)

	1042 Amyot Norwich Lacquered Longcase Clock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A chinoiserie decorated lacquered longcase clock by Peter Amyot of Norwich, the lacquered case is one of the best preserved original examples I have seen with a beautiful colour and patina and very little restoration.
		Thomas Amyot was a descendant of Jacques Amyot, Bishop of Auxerre, Tutor to Charles IX and Henry III of France and the translator of Plutarch.
		The second Peter Amyot, maker of this clock, was the son of the clockmaker Thomas Amyot (the second) and was born in 1733 and was known to have been living at White Lion Lane in 1752 and still there in 1776.
	www.extence.co.uk /1042amyotlongcase.html (513 words)

	Jacques Amyot - Encyclopedia.com
		Home > Categories > Literature and the Arts > Scholars and Historians > Scholars, Antiquarians, and Orientalists: Biographies > Jacques Amyot
		Jacques Amyot, 1513-93, French humanist, translator of Heliodorus' Aethiopica (1547), of Longus' Daphnis and Chloë (1559), and particularly of Plutarch's Lives (1559).
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	The Amyot Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In this act of sale of the Notary Courand 20th january 1626, we found out that Philippe Amyot bought the house of Antoinette Longeuval in Espiré.
		In September 1639, Anne Convent, the widow of Philippe Amyot, married Jacques Maheu ; they had two sons and one daughter.
		She became widowed once again in July 1663, and she married for a third time a man by the name of Etienne Balnchon dit Larose.(Notary contract Bequet the 5th may, 1666) She was 65 and Etienne 35.
	www.geocities.com /m_ruel/biographies/amyot.html (310 words)

	Traversée Internationale du Lac Saint-Jean
		Jacques Amyot was the first man in the world to fulfil his dream of swimming across the lake.
		This man, Jacques Amyot, had a competitive spirit to whom the entire population of the region, province and even the country owe an enormous debt.
		Thanks to the perseverance of men like Bédard and Amyot, Quebec now has several long distance marathons and nowadays, numerous volunteers follow in their footsteps.
	www.traversee.qc.ca /presentation-en.htm (1914 words)

	livre-rare-book.com : site professionnel de livres d'occasion, anciens et modernes
		Traduction de Jacques Amyot revue, corrigée et complétée par Paul-Louis Courrier.
		Broché, in 4, 27x21, traduction de Jacques Amyot revue, corrigée, complétée, de nouveau refaite en grande partie par Paul-Louis Courier, édition illustré de 16 hors texte en couleurs et de bandeaux, lettrines, culs-de-lampe par Georges Léonnec, superbe exemplaire numéroté sur vélin de Navarre.
		Jacques Amyot, revu, corrigé et complété par Paul-Louis Courrier.
	www.livre-rare-book.com /Matieres/hd/1143.html (4487 words)

	Jacques Amyot traverse la Manche - Souvenirs - Les Archives de Radio-Canada
		Le 17 juillet 1956, le nageur Jacques Amyot, âgé de 31 ans, réussit un exploit hors du commun.
		Amyot devient ainsi le premier Québécois et le premier homme au Canada à franchir l’English Channel.
		Amyot réalise son premier exploit le 19 septembre 1954, alors qu’il remonte le fleuve Saint-Laurent entre Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré et Québec.
	archives.cbc.ca /IDT-0-60/sports/IDC-0-60-1378-8541-20/souvenirs/sports/jacques_amyot_natation_manche (615 words)

	Amyot Family Crest
		Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Robert Amiot, who settled in Louisiana in the year 1756; Philippe Amyot is mentioned in Québec as early as the year 1627; Matthieu Amyot is recorded in a marriage contract in the year 1650.
		In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...
		In the Amyot coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.fc/qx/amyot-family-crest.htm?a=54323-224 (583 words)

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		Amyot, Jacques : Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition [home, info]
		AMYOT, JACQUES : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
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	Find in a Library: Jacques Amyot, traducteur des Vies parallèles de Plutarque.
		Find in a Library: Jacques Amyot, traducteur des Vies parallèles de Plutarque.
		Jacques Amyot, traducteur des Vies parallèles de Plutarque.
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	Amazon.com: "Jacques Amyot": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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		Item, I am very grateful to Jacques Amyot for having left the Latin names entire in the course of a work in French, without coloring and changing them...
		It was the work of the 46-year-old Jacques Amyot, subsequently bishop of Auxerre and Grand Almoner to the French king, and it was very well received.
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	JACQUES AMYOT (1513-1593) - Online Information article about JACQUES AMYOT (1513-1593)
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		Amyot over all our French writers, not only for the simplicity and purity of his See also:
		work." It was indeed to Plutarch that Amyot devoted his See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /ALM_ANC/AMYOT_JACQUES_1513_1593_.html (885 words)

	Jacques Amyot
		Jacques Amyot wurde bekannt durch Les vies des hommes illustres grecs et romains, comparées l'une avec l'autre par Plutarque (1559), eine Übersetzung des griechischen Originals von Plutarch (ca.
		Der Plutarque mit seinen 46 Biografien wurde jahrhundertelang in Frankreich viel gelesen und war wichtige Stoffquelle für die Autoren der französischen Klassik des 17.
		Amyot übersetzte auch Romane aus dem Griechischen (Heliodor, Longus).
	www.frankreich-experte.de /fr/6/lit/amyot.html (124 words)

	AllRefer.com - Jacques Amyot (Scholars, Antiquarians, And Orientalists, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Jacques Amyot (Scholars, Antiquarians, And Orientalists, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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		Jacques Amyot[zhAk AmyO´] Pronunciation Key, 1513–93, French humanist, translator of Heliodorus' Aethiopica (1547), of Longus' Daphnis and ChloE (1559), and particularly of Plutarch's Lives (1559).
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		We finish off our comparison of Shakespeare's Coriolanus and Sir Thomas North's translation of Amyot's French translation of Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus by looking at Acts 4 and 5.
		We continue our exploration of Shakespeare's use in his Coriolanus of Sir Thomas North's translation of Amyot's French translation of Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus by looking at Acts 2 and 3.
		Shakespeare’s play Coriolanus is mainly based on Sir Thomas North’s 1579 translation of a French translation of Plutarch’s Life of Coriolanus by Jacques Amyot.
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	The Renaissance Society of America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		For example, Greek romances such as Achilles Tatius' Clitophon and Leucippe, Heliodorus' Ethiopian History, and Longus' Daphnis and Chloe inspired both Renaissance translations and adaptations.
		At the extremes of fidelity to text are Jacques Amyot's brilliant renditions (though not slavish translations) of both Heliodorus and Longus, which ostensibly helped to create modern French prose, and Cervantes' adaptation of Heliodorus, Persiles y Sigismunda, more popular and influential in its day even than the Quijote.
		Amyot's translation of Plutarch was even more important.
	www.rsa.org /announcement_details.php?id=105 (247 words)

	CNN/SI - Tour de France - Stage 21 -
		Among those seeing it off from Melun will be its mayor Jacques Marinelli who finished third in the 1949 Tour after holding the yellow jersey for five days.
		As in 1991 Melun will be the start for the final stage and the host for the third time of the Tour de France caravan.
		A welcoming city Melun is also known for its flowers and architecture with it's Napoleon III style city hall where stands a statue of French humanist Jacques Amyot, born in Melun in 1513.
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	COLLÈGE JACQUES AMYOT à MELUN - 1106 anciens élèves, 28 photos de classe et trombinoscope de l'établissement ...
		COLLÈGE JACQUES AMYOT à MELUN - 1106 anciens élèves, 28 photos de classe et trombinoscope de l'établissement COLLÈGE JACQUES AMYOT
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		Retrouvez anciens élèves et photos de classe de l'établissement COLLÈGE JACQUES AMYOT sur Copains d'avant.
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	RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Nelson - Parent & Related Families in Britain, Québec, Europe and USA (Godden, Edwin, ...
		Clotidle Amyot b: 16 FEB 1698/99 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, New France
		Marie-Angélique Amyot b: 13 JUL 1701 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec
		Jacques Amyot b: 15 MAR 1713/14 in Québec City, Québec
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	G DATA 002
		AMYOT Jacques son of AMYOT Athanase & LAGACE Marie
		son AMYOT Jacques married 1880 @ca.on.renfrew.westmeath.la_passe.our_lady_of_mount_carmel_rc to GERVAIS Domitille
		BEAUCHAMP Gatien son of BEAUCHAMP Jacques & PAIMENT Theotiste (married 1811)
	www.ogs.on.ca /ogspi/184/m184g002.htm (2206 words)

	Amazon.com: Amyot: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		AVERTISSEMENT DES DITEURS Jacques Amyot naquit Melun en 1512.
		Ralph Roister Doister,: A comedy, (In Amyot, Thomas, ed.
		Revision Of The Genus Cantacader Amyot Et Serville, 1843 Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cantacaderidae (Polish Journal of Entomology, Supplement 2003) by Barbara Lis (Paperback - Dec 31, 2003)
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		Amyot, Jacques -, 1519-'93, vertaalde de roman van Heliodorus, Aethiopica of Theagenes en Chariclea, 1549.
		Amyot verdiende er de bisschopszetel van Auxerre mee, 1571.
		Zijn bewerking van een oud-Griekse roman van Longus werd uit het F. vertaald door J. Brouwer als De treffelijke historie van Daphnis ende Chloë.
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	Amyot Coat of Arms
		When did the Amyot family first arrive in the United States?
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		First found in Languedoc, where this family were seated since ancient times.
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	Internet Archive: Details: Oeuvres de Plutarque traduites du grec par Jacques Amyot Volume 3
		Internet Archive: Details: Oeuvres de Plutarque traduites du grec par Jacques Amyot Volume 3
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		Oeuvres de Plutarque traduites du grec par Jacques Amyot Volume 3
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