Maximus Planudes
Maximus Planudes | |
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| Byzantine Empire Ambassador to the Republic of Venice | |
| In office 1295–1296 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1260 Nicomedia, Bithynia (modern-day İzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey) |
| Died | 1305 Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) |
| Citizenship | Byzantine Empire |
| Occupation | Monk, scholar, anthologist, translator, mathematician, grammarian and theologian |
| Profession | Ambassador |
Maximus Planudes (Ancient Greek: Μάξιμος Πλανούδης, Máximos Planoúdēs; c. 1260 – c. 1305) was a Byzantine Greek monk, scholar, anthologist, translator, mathematician, grammarian and theologian at Constantinople. Through his translations from Latin into Greek and from Greek into Latin, he brought the Greek East and the Latin West into closer contact with one another. He is now best known as a compiler of the Greek Anthology.