Constantine Lascaris

Constantine Lascaris (born 1434, Constantinople, Byzantine Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]—died 1501, Messina, Sicily [Italy]) was a Byzantine exile, primarily a grammarian and copyist, who taught Greek in Italy. After the fall of Constantinople (1453), Lascaris went to Milan, where he became tutor to the Duke of Milan’s daughter, Ippolita Sforza, and wrote for her his Erotemata (1476). Published in Milan, this was the first book printed entirely in Greek and enjoyed long popularity as an...