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Carlo Gallavotti

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Carlo Gallavotti
Born(1909-01-23)January 23, 1909
DiedFebruary 9, 1992(1992-02-09) (aged 83)
OccupationUniversity professor
Known for
  • Critical edition of Theocritus, Aristotle (Poetics), and Empedocles
  • Studies on Maximus Planudes
  • Studies on Mycenaean
RelativesGiovanni Gallavotti (son)
Academic background
Education
  • University of Bologna
  • University of Turin
  • University of Florence
Alma materUniversity of Bologna
Doctoral advisorAugusto Rostagni
Other advisors
Academic work
DisciplineClassics
Sub-discipline
  • Ancient Greek literature
  • Latin literature
  • Mycenaean
Institutions
  • University of Bari
  • University of Catania
  • Sapienza University of Rome
Notable students

Carlo Gallavotti (23 January 1909 – 9 February 1992) was an Italian classical scholar and philologist, who taught at the Sapienza University of Rome.

Biography

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Gallavotti was born in Cesena from Giuseppe and Immacolata, née Lopiano.[1] He graduated from the University of Bologna (advisor: Augusto Rostagni).[1][2] He became Rostagni's research assistant at the University of Turin, then studied textual criticism, paleography and papyrology at the University of Florence, with Giorgio Pasquali, Enrico Rostagno, and Girolamo Vitelli and Medea Norsa.[1][2] In 1932–1933 he taught Classical philology in Florence on behalf of Pasquali, who was put on leave for teaching abroad;[3] in the next year he won a scholarship at the Sapienza and began working on the critical edition of Theocritus.[1] In 1934 he was habilitated to high school teaching and taught in Pinerolo, Perugia and Bologna.[1]

In 1939 he won a post at the Officina dei Papiri Ercolanesi and was assigned to teach Ancient Greek literature and Byzantine studies at the University of Naples.[1] In 1945 he moved to teach Greek and Latin grammar, Ancient Greek literature, Latin literature and Papyrology at the University of Bari.[1]

In 1946, Gallavotti was habilitated to university teaching and became Professor in Ancient Greek literature at the University of Catania. In 1947 he moved back to Bari and served as Dean of the Faculties of Humanities, of Magistero and of Foreign Languages.[1][2] In 1949 he became Professor in Greek and Latin grammar at the Sapienza University of Rome and in 1958 he moved to the chair of Classical philology. From 1962 to 1979 he also taught Ancient Greek literature.[1]

Gallavotti retired in 1979 and died in Rome in 1992. He was the father of Giovanni Gallavotti.

Research activity

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Gallavotti tied his name most notably to his critical edition of Theocritus and the Greek bucolic poets, which was published in 1946 and re-edited two times in his life.[4] Gallavotti was the first to collate all the almost-180 known manuscripts and his enterprise, as well as his careful edition of the text, was praised by A. S. F. Gow[5] – but not by Pasquali, who approved Gallavotti's study of the transmission, but not his constitutio textus.[6] Focusing on critically editing the texts, Gallavotti published relatively few papers on Theocritus,[7] nonetheless he produced interpretative essays and studied the textual history of his works through the Byzantine times.[8] Regarding the transmission of Classics and Byzantine philology, he is most noted for his "Planudea" essays, focused on manuscripts and the philological activity of Maximus Planudes. He also worked on papyri – chiefly literary[9] and Herculaneum papyri[10] – and published critical editions of Sappho and Alcaeus[11] and of Menander's play Dyskolos.[12]

Influenced by Augusto Rostagni,[7] Gallavotti was interested in the ancient aesthetic theories and philosophy and edited Aristotle's Poetics[13] and Empedocles' poem.[14]

He is also credited with pioneering Mycenaean studies in Italy. Anna Morpurgo Davies and Anna Sacconi were his students; with the latter, Gallavotti published the Mycenaean inscriptions of Pyla.[15]

Gallavotti's bibliography was simultaneously and independently collected by the scientific board of Rivista di Cultura Classica e Medievale, that also dedicated the 1994 issue to his memory,[16] and by Silvio M. Medaglia and Camillo Neri (University of Bologna).[17]

Works by Gallavotti (selection)

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Books

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  • Gallavotti, C., ed. (1946). Theocritus quique feruntur Bucolici Graeci. Rome: Typis Officinae Polygraphicae.
    • Gallavotti, C., ed. (1955). Theocritus quique feruntur Bucolici Graeci (2nd ed.). Rome: Typis Officinae Polygraphicae.
    • Gallavotti, C., ed. (1993). Theocritus quique feruntur Bucolici Graeci (3rd ed.). Rome: Typis Officinae Polygraphicae.
  • Sappho; Alcaeus (1947–1948). Gallavotti, C. (ed.). Testimonianze e frammenti. Vol. I–II. Naples: Libreria Scientifica Editrice.
  • Gallavotti, C.; Sacconi, A., eds. (1961). Inscriptiones Pyliae ad Mycenaeam aetatem pertinentes. Incunabola Graeca, 1. Rome: in aedibus Athenaei.
  • Menander (1966). Gallavotti, C. (ed.). Dyscolos. Rome: Edizioni dell'Ateneo.
  • Aristotle (1974). Gallavotti, C. (ed.). Dell'arte poetica. Milan – Rome: Mondadori – Fondazione Lorenzo Valla.
  • Empedocle (1975). Gallavotti, C. (ed.). Poema fisico e lustrale. Milan – Rome: Mondadori – Fondazione Lorenzo Valla.

Articles

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  • Gallavotti, C. (1934a). "I codici planudei di Teocrito". SIFC. 11: 289–313.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1934b). "L'edizione teocritea di Moscopulo". RFIC. 62: 349–369.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1935). "Novi Laurentiani codicis analecta". SBN. 4: 203–236.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1936a). "Da Planude e Moscopulo alla prima edizione a stampa di Teocrito". SIFC². 13: 45–59.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1936b). "Intorno al quinto idillio di Teocrito". RFIC². 14: 27–39.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1939a). "Tre papiri fiorentini". RFIC². 17: 252–260.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1939b). "Un nuovo codice atonita nel quadro della tradizione manoscritta di Teocrito". RFIC². 17: 43–55.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1940). "Revisioni sul testo degli Epigrammi di Teocrito". RFIC². 18: 241–255.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1941a). "Il papiro bucolico Viennese e la poesia di Bione". RFIC². 19: 233–258.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1941b). "La libreria di una villa romana ercolanese (nella Casa dei papiri)". Bollettino del R. Istituto di Patologia del Libro. 3: 129–145.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1941c). "Per il testo dei Geroglifici di Horo Apollo". SIFC². 18: 55–73.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1941d). "[Studi sulla lirica greca: 1.—] La nuova ode di Saffo". RFIC². 19: 161–168.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1941e). "[Studi sulla lirica greca: 4.—] L'ode saffica dell'ostrakon fiorentino". SIFC². 18: 175–202.
  • Gallavotti, C.; Pugliese Carratelli, G. (1941). "Rilievi storici sulla nuova ode di Saffo". SIFC². 18: 161–174.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1942a). "Nuovi testi letterari da Ossirinco". Aegyptus. 22 (1–2): 107–116. JSTOR 41214394.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1942b). "Sopra un frammento di Ferecrate e un verso di Sofocle". Dioniso. 9: 24–31.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1942c). "Studi sulla lirica greca: 2.— Le citazioni saffiche di Apollonio Rodio. 3.— Esegesi e testo dell'Ode fr. 2 di Saffo". RFIC². 20: 103–124.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1942d). "Studi sulla lirica greca: 5.— Nuovi carmi di Alceo da Ossirinco". RFIC². 20: 161–181.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1944–1945). "Studi sulla lirica greca: 6.— Il carme 4 di Bacchilide. 7.— Il libro degli Epinici di Bacchilide". RFIC². 22–23: 1–15.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1945). "Per l'edizione di Teocrito". BPEC². 1: 21–39.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1949a). "Archiloco". PP. 4: 130–153.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1949b). "Il secondo carme di Orazio". PP. 4: 217–229.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1949c). "Il tiranno di Archiloco". PP. 4: 69–71.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1949d). "Laurentiani codicis altera analecta". RAL². 4: 352–379.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1950). "Studi sulla lirica greca: 8.— Revisione metrica di frammenti eolici. 9.— La responsione esterna nella metrica eolica. 10.— Figura e metrica delle strofe eoliche". RFIC². 28: 97–116.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1952a). "Per il testo di Teocrito". RFIC². 30: 137–148.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1952b). "Planudea". BPEC². 7: 25–50.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1953). "Planudea (II)". BPEC². 8: 11–23.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1981). "Planudea (III)". BollClass. 2: 3–27.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1982a). "La silloge tricliniana di Teocrito e un codice parigino-laurenziano". BollClass. 3: 3–22.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1982b). "Planudea (IV)". BollClass. 3: 63–86.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1983b). "Planudea (V)". BollClass. 4: 36–56.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1983a). "Nota sulla schedografia di Moscopulo e i suoi precedenti fino a Teodoro Prodromo". BollClass. 4: 3–35.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1983c). "Planudea (VI)". BollClass. 4: 101–128.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1984). "Nuovi papiri di Teocrito". BollClass. 5: 3–42.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1987). "Planudea (VII)". BollClass. 8: 96–128.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1989a). "Planudea (VIII)". BollClass. 10: 1–16.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1989b). "Planudea (IX)". BollClass. 10: 49–69.
  • Gallavotti, C. (1990). "Planudea (X)". BollClass. 11: 78–103.

Fellowship of learned societies

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Bibliography

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  • AA. VV. (1994). "Bibliografia di Carlo Gallavotti". RCCM. 36 (1–2): V–XXX. JSTOR 23946931.
  • Angeli, A. (2013). "Carlo Gallavotti (1908–1992)". In Capasso, M. (ed.). Hermae. Scholars and Scholarship in Papyrology. Biblioteca degli «Studi di Egittologia e di Papirologia», 10. Vol. III. Pisa – Rome: Fabrizio Serra Editore. pp. 87–129. ISBN 978-88-6227-620-7.
  • Ghiselli, A. (1995). "Ricordo di Carlo Gallavotti". Eikasmos. 6: 311–314.
  • Gow, A. S. F., ed. (1952). Theocritus. Vol. I. Cambridge: University Press. ISBN 9780521066167. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  • Medaglia, S. M.; Neri, C. (1995). "Bibliografia di Carlo Gallavotti". Eikasmos. 6: 315–336.
  • Nicolai, R. (1998). "Gallavotti, Carlo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. pp. 526–528.
  • Pasquali, G. (1951). "Review of Gow 1952". Athenaeum. 39: 372–382.
  • Rossi, L. E. (1994). "Ricordo di Carlo Gallavotti". RCCM. 36 (1–2): 1–4. JSTOR 23946932.

References

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