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| Planudes Maximus |
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(pl n ´d z m k´s m s) (KEY) or Maximus Planudes, c.1260c.1330, Byzantine scholar, an exceptionally learned monk. His edition of the Greek Anthology was long the standard. His prose collection of Aesops Fables is outstanding. |
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