Corais

Corais (Fr. CORAY), ADAMANTIOS, a learned Hellenist, was born at Smyrna, 27th April 1748. He early abandoned hereditary mercantile pursuits to devote himself to letters at Paris, where he lived till his death, 6th April 1833. He published editions of many ancient Greek authors, as the Æthiopica of Heliodorus, and laboured all his life to promote Greek learning and the feeling for Greek patriotism. His Atakta, ou Mélanges sur la Littérature Grecque Moderne (5 vols. Paris, 1828-35) is a work of great value. His autobiography was published at Paris in 1829-33; his papers and letters at Athens (8 vols. 1881-91). See Koræa, a monograph by Thereianos (Trieste, 1891).