Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye.

About Jacopo Sannazaro

Jacopo Sannazarowas an Italian poet, humanist, member and head of the Accademia Pontaniana from Naples.
He wrote easily in Latin, in Italian and in Neapolitan, but is best remembered for his humanist classic Arcadia, a masterwork that illustrated the possibilities of poetical prose in Italian, and instituted the theme of Arcadia, representing an idyllic land, in European literature.

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