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Adamántios Koraís (in greco Αδαμάντιος Κοραής? ), noto anche con le varianti francesi del nome "Adamance Coray" o "Diamant Coray" ( Smirne, 27 aprile 1748 – Parigi, 6 aprile 1833) è stato un filologo greco.
Adamantios Korais or Koraïs (Greek: Ἀδαμάντιος Κοραῆς [aðaˈmandi.os koraˈis]; Latin: Adamantius Coraes; French: Adamance Coray; 27 April 1748 – 6 April 1833) was a Greek scholar credited with laying the foundations of modern Greek literature and a major figure in the Greek Enlightenment.
Filologo e pensatore greco, nato a Smirne nel 1748, morto a Parigi nel 1833. Di famiglia oriunda di Chio, compiuta la prima istruzione, fu mandato dal padre, negoziante in seta, a dirigere una succursale ad Amsterdam, dove rimase dal 1772 al 1778, preferendo al commercio lo studio delle lettere e della filosofia.
Filologo e prosatore greco (Smirne 1748 - Parigi 1833). Laureatosi in medicina a Montpellier, nel 1788 si trasferì a Parigi dove acquistò crescente rinomanza come editore di testi classici e medievali.
Adamántios Koraïs (born April 27, 1748, Smyrna, Anatolia [now İzmir, Turkey]—died April 6, 1833, Paris, France) was a Greek humanist scholar whose advocacy of a revived classicism laid the intellectual foundations for the Greek struggle for independence.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Learn about the life and works of Adamantios Koraes, who advocated a revived classicism and created a new Greek literary language. He was born in Anatolia, studied in Paris, and influenced modern Greek culture and independence.
Adamantios Korais was one of the most insightful European philologists of the late eighteenth-early nineteenth centuries and the leading figure of the Greek Enlightenment. Although trained in medicine, his real passion was ancient Greek literature.
