JACOPO DURANDI
\d͡ʒakˈə͡ʊpə͡ʊ djʊ͡əɹˈandɪ], \dʒakˈəʊpəʊ djʊəɹˈandɪ], \dʒ_a_k_ˈəʊ_p_əʊ d_j_ʊə_ɹ_ˈa_n_d_ɪ]\
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An Italian dramatic poet and historian; born in Sant' Agata, Vercelli, July 25, 1737; died in Turin, Oct. 28, 1817. "Armida" (1770) and "Hannibal in Turin" (1771) are his best-known plays; his other gift displays itself in a "History of the Ancient Peoples of Italy" (1769).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
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