Eclogues. Garden of the HesperidesA renowned Renaissance poet's homage to Naples makes its debut in modern English translation. Giovanni Pontano (14291503), whose academic name was Gioviano, was one of the great scholar poets of the Renaissance as well as a leading statesman who served as prime minister to the Aragonese kings of southern Italy. The dominant literary figure of quattrocento Naples, Pontano produced literary works in several genres and was the leader of the Neapolitan