Marian Plezia (born 1917 in Kraków, d. 1996) was a Polish historian and classical philologist.

Marian Plezia

He was an expert in medieval Polish history and the ancient reception of Aristotle and his works. He also wrote on the history of classical scholarship and authored a Latin-Polish dictionary and a Medieval Latin-Polish dictionary.

Selected bibliography edit

  • De Andronici Rhodii studii aristotelicis. Kraków: Polska Akademia 1946.
  • De Hermippi Vita Aristotelis. In Charisteria Thaddaeo Sinko. Edited by Kumaniecki Kazimierz. Warszawa: 1951 pp. 271–287.
  • Supplementary remarks on Aristotle in the ancient biographical tradition. Eos. 51: 241–249 (1961).
  • De Ptolemaeo pinacographo. Eos. 63: 37–42 (1975).
  • De Aristotelis biographis. Meander 36: 481–493 (1981).
  • De Ptolemaei vita Aristotelis. In: Aristoteles. Werk und wirkung: Paul Moraux Gewidmet I. Edited by Wiesner Jürgen. Berlin: Walter De Gruyter 1985 pp. 1–11.
  • Encore sur la Vie d'Aristote de Ptolemée. Les Études Classiques 54: 383–385 (1986).
  • Storia di un'edizione incompiuta. L'edizione delle opere di Gregorio Nazianzeno progettata a Cracovia, cur. C. Moreschini. Napoli: D'Auria 1993.

External links edit

Marian Plezia at Find a Grave