Rajmundo Kunić

The recorded working language is Italian, Latin and Ancient Greek. The field of work recorded is humanism, translation and Latin. Works named in the authority record are Homeri Ilias, Epigrammatum libri quinque. Nunc primum in luce edita, Anthologica sive Epigrammata Anthologiae Graecorum selecta latinis versibus reddita et animadversionibus illustrata. And Clemente XIII Pontifice Maximo renunciato oratio habita in Collegio Romano prid. Kal. Sept.

• Name — Rajmundo Kunić • Born — January 17, 1719 • Birthplace — Dubrovnik, Republic of Ragusa, (modern-day Croatia) • Died — 22 November 1794 • Place of death — Rome, Papal States • Occupation — Priest, humanist

Cunich was born in the Republic of Ragusa, in the small town of Cavtat (Ragusa Vecchia) at Dubrovnik. He lost his father early in life. In 1734, at age fifteen, he was sent to the order of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in Rome. He became, along with Ruđer Bošković, one of the most illustrious academics produced by the Republic of Ragusa. Cunich spent twenty-seven years teaching Latin and Greek in Florence, Rome and other parts of Italy. He wrote several elegant orations, including one for Pope Clement XIII, and many epigrams and elegies following Tibullus and Catullus. He translated Theocritus and the epigrams of the Greek Anthology. His best-known work is the Latin translation of The Iliad: "Homeri Ilias Latinis Versibus Expressa" (1776).