Petar Hektorović

Petar Hektorović je hvarski renesansni pjesnik i erudit, humanist značajan po svom po mnogočemu jedinstvenom djelu Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje.

Rodio se u uglednoj vlasteoskoj obitelji. Obično se potpisuje Petre, latinski Petrus Hectoreus, a talijanski P. Hettoreo. Nije utvrđeno gdje se i kada školovao, ali kako već u mladosti stvara na latinskom i talijanskom jeziku, može se pretpostaviti da je polazio hvarsku javnu školu, te da je školovanje nastavio u Splitu ili Italiji. 1491., nakon turske provale, počinje utvrđivati i definirati svoj ljetnikovac Tvrdalj. O Hektorovićevom interesu za suvremenike, kao i o njihovim međusobnim vezama, svjedoče brojne njegove poslanice.

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