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Paulus Melissus (also: Paul Melissus, Paul Schede, or Paulus Schedius Melissus; born 20 December 1539 in Mellrichstadt; died 3 February 1602 in Heidelberg) was a humanist Neo-Latin writer, translator and composer.

Life

Melissus studied and attended school in Zwickau from 1557 to 1559, and studied philology in Erfurt and Jena. From 1560 to 1564 he lived in Vienna, where in 1561 he became poet laureate. He stayed in Prague, Wittenberg and Leipzig, and was called to the court of the bishop of Würzburg and went on a campaign to Hungary with him.

He was an ambassador in the service of Emperor Maximilian II and Rudolf II, and traveled to France, Switzerland, Italy, and England and was ultimately director of the Electoral library in Heidelberg (Bibliotheca Palatina).

Melissus translated works of Clément Marot and Théodore de Bèze for the Hugenot church services in rhyme using the Psalms in German. He was the first to use the Sonett and the Terzine in German lyric. In his lifetime he was recognized as an author fully versed in Latin love poetry.

Werke

Cantiones. Gedichte, 1566
Psalmen Davids. 1572
Schediasmata. Gedichte, 1574
Schediasmatum reliquiae. Gedichte, 1575
Epigrammata. 1580
Odae Palatinae. 1588
Meletemata. Gedichte, 1595

Literatur

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Jörg-Ulrich Fechner, Hans Dehnhard (1994), "Melissus, Paulus", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 17, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 15–16
Fritz Roth, Restlose Auswertungen von Leichenpredigten für genealogische und kulturhistorische Zwecke. Bd. 5 R 4941
Wolfgang Klose: Das Wittenberger Gelehrtenstammbuch: das Stammbuch von Abraham Ulrich (1549-1577) und David Ulrich (1580-1623), Halle: Mitteldt. Verl., 1999, ISBN 3-932776-76-3

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 ==Life==
-Melissus studied and attended school in [[Zwickau]] from 1557 to 1559, and studied philology in [[Erfurt]] and [[Jena]]. From 1560 to 1564 he lived in [[Vienna]], where in 1561 he became  poet laureate. He Er hielt in [[Prag]], [[Lutherstadt Wittenberg|Wittenberg]] und [[Leipzig]] auf, wurde an den Hof des Bischofs von [[Würzburg]] berufen und nahm an einem Feldzug nach [[Ungarn]] teil.
+Melissus studied and attended school in [[Zwickau]] from 1557 to 1559, and studied philology in [[Erfurt]] and [[Jena]]. From 1560 to 1564 he lived in [[Vienna]], where in 1561 he became  poet laureate. He stayed in [[Prague]], [[Lutherstadt Wittenberg|Wittenberg]] and [[Leipzig]], and was called to the court of the bishop of  [[Würzburg]] and went on a campaign to Hungary with him.
-Er war Botschafter in den Diensten der Kaiser [[Maximilian II. (HRR)|Maximilian II.]] und [[Rudolf II. (HRR)|Rudolf II.]], unternahm Reisen nach Frankreich, in die Schweiz, nach Italien und England und wurde schließlich Direktor der kurfürstlichen Bibliothek ([[Bibliotheca Palatina]]) in Heidelberg.
+He was an ambassador in the service of Emperor [[Maximilian II (Holy Roman Emperor)|Maximilian II]] and [[Rudolf II (Holy Roman Emperor)|Rudolf II]], and traveled to France, Switzerland, Italy, and England and was ultimately director of the Electoral library in Heidelberg ([[Bibliotheca Palatina]]).
-Melissus übersetzte die von [[Clément Marot]] und [[Théodore de Bèze]] für den hugenottischen Gottesdienst in Reime gebrachten [[Psalm]]en Davids ins Deutsche. Er gehörte zu den ersten, die das [[Sonett]] und die [[Terzine]] in die deutsche Lyrik entführte. Bei seinen Zeitgenossen war er als Autor kunstvoller lateinischer Liebesgedichte angesehen.
+Melissus translated works of [[Clément Marot]] and [[Théodore de Bèze]] for the [[Hugenot]] church services in rhyme using the [[Psalm]]s in German. He was the first to use the [[Sonett]] and the [[Terzine]] in German lyric. In his lifetime he was recognized as an author fully versed in Latin love poetry.
 == Werke ==