Spiridion Lusi
Greek scholar, Prussian diplomat
Spiridion Lusi (Greek: Σπυρίδων Λούζης, Spyridon Louzis, Italian: Spiridione Lusi, German: Spiridion Graf von Lusi; c. 1741 – c. 1815) was a Greek scholar, diplomat, politician and naturalized ambassador of Prussia.
Biography
Spiridion Lusi was of Greek origin. He was born on the island of Cephalonia in 1741, at that time a possession of the Republic of Venice. He migrated to Italy where he resided for many years and was educated in the Greek College at Venice, and later at the University of Padua. He was eventually sent as Venice's minister to London, and in Prussia and Berlin. From 1763 to 1765, he translated the four volumes of a translation of Lucian from the Greek language into Italian, in four volumes published in London and Venice in 1764. Lusi added some dialogue translated by Gasparo Gozzi. Several years later he moved to Vienna.
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