ENNIO QUIRINO VISCONTI
\ɛnˈiːə͡ʊ kwɪɹˈiːnə͡ʊ vˈɪskəntˌi], \ɛnˈiːəʊ kwɪɹˈiːnəʊ vˈɪskəntˌi], \ɛ_n_ˈiː__əʊ k_w_ɪ_ɹ_ˈiː_n_əʊ v_ˈɪ_s_k_ə_n_t_ˌi]\
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An Italian archaeologist; born at Rome, Nov. 1, 1751; died Feb. 7, 1818. In his 14th year he translated into Italian verse the "Hecuba" of Euripides. His greatest work is "Grecian Iconography" (3 vols., 1808). He visited London at the invitation of Lord Elgin to inspect the Elgin Marbles, 1817, and wrote "Memoirs on the Works of Sculpture from the Parthenon" (1818).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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