Person
Ducas, Demetrio (ca. 1480-ca. 1527)Other forms
Heraklion 1480 - Rome 1527
Greek Hellenist. Humanist, typographer, translator and head of department at the University. Before he arrived to Spain, Ducas was preparing Greek texts to the printing house of Aldo Manuzio. When he finally came to Castile, Ducas became the first head of department in Greek language at the University of Alcalá in 1513. Ducas and Juan de Vergara wrote the Greek text of the Complutensian Polyglot Bible.
Gutiérrez Torrecilla, Luis Miguel. Casado Arboniés, Manuel. Ballesteros Torres, Pedro L.. Profesores y estudiantes : biografía colectiva de la Universidad de Alcalá (1508-1836). edición al cuidado de Luis Miguel Gutiérrez Torrecilla, Manuel Casado Arboniés, Pedro Ballesteros Torres. Alcalá de Henares: Universidad de Alcalá, Servicio de Publicaciones. 2013. 779 p., XXXII p. de lám. col. y n.. 978-84-15834-27-4.