Tanneguy Le Fèvre

Le Fèvre Tanneguy, latin Tanaquillus Faber, also Tanaquil Faber (* 1615 in Caen, Calvados, † September 12, 1672 in Saumur Maine -et -Loire ) was a French Huguenot humanist.

Le Fèvre was Cardinal Richelieu inspector of printing in the Louvre, went to his death after Langres, came over here to the Reformed Church in 1653 and received a theological professorship at the Protestant Academy of Saumur, where he, going up a position at the University of Heidelberg to follow on September 12, 1672 passed away suddenly.

His daughter Anne Dacier was of almost equal erudition.

Writings

His most important writings, which were often reprinted in part, are:

• Les poètes grecs. Saumur: de Lerpiniere & Lesnier, 1664th
• Les vies of poètes grecs. Paris, 1680.
• Méthode pour les commencer humanités grecques et latines. Saumur: René Péan, 1672.

Translations

• The Lord le Fevre teaching manner bey instruction of a novice in the fine arts: particularly with regard to the Greek and Latin language; Übersetzet from the French. Cell, Printed and published by John George Passin, 1740. Microfiche edition ( ' Méthode pour les commencer humanités grecques et latines, German edition).

Editions of ancient authors

In addition, Le Fèvre organized following editions of ancient authors:

• Lucian of Samosata: satire Timon
• Phaedrus
• Anacreon and Sappho: Τὰ τοῦ Ἀνακρέοντος και Σαπφοῦς μέλη. Notas & animadversiones addidit Tanaquillus Faber; in quibus multa veterum emendantur. Saumur: René Péan, 1680.
• Dionysius of Alexandria
• Apollodorus of Athens
• Lucretius (his conjectures are also used by modern editors still estimated)
• Pseudo- Longinus: the literary theory treatise De sublimi libellus
• Claudius Aelianus: Variae historiae
• Terence
• Horace
• Florus
• Virgil and
• Agathemerus Geographus (not complete).