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Jacques Amyot
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or His language in which he surpasses all others, nor for his constancy to so long an undertaking, nor for his profound learning. .. but I am grateful to him especially for his wisdom in choosing so valuable a work." It was indeed to Plutarch that Amyot devoted his attention. His other translations were subsidiary. The version of Diodorus he did not publish, although the manuscript had been discovered by himself. Amyot took great pains to find and interpret correctly the best authorities, but the interest of his books to-day lies in the style. His translation reads like an original work. The personal method of Plutarch appealed to a generation addicted to memoirs and incapable of any general theory of history. Amyot's book, therefore, obtained an immense popularity, and exercised great influence over successive generations of French writers.
There is a good edition of the works of Amyot from the firm of Didot (25 vols., 1818-1821). See also Auguste de Blignieres, Essai sur Amyot et les traducteurs francais au xvi e siecle (Paris, 1851).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Jacques Amyot'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/j/jacques-amyot.html. 1910.
