Gaspard Abeille
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France
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lyric
Lyric poetry
Lyric poetry is a genre of poetry that expresses personal and emotional feelings. In the ancient world, lyric poems were those which were sung to the lyre. Lyric poems do not have to rhyme, and today do not need to be set to music or a beat...
and tragic poet, born in Riez
Riez
Riez is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.-Geography:The densely-built village sits where two small rivers join—the Auvestre and the Colostre—in a glacially-widened valley.-Population:-Economy:...
, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is a French department in the south of France, it was formerly part of the province of Provence.- History :Nord-de-Provence was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
. He was educated with the aim of a career in the church and received the title of Abbé. In 1704, he was elected a member of the Académie française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
. His brother Scipion
Scipion Abeille
Scipion Abeille was a French surgeon and poet, and brother of Gaspard Abeille. His most famous work was Histoire des Os which was published in 1685...
was also a poet and a surgeon.
Plays
- Argélie, reine de Thessalie, tragédie (1673).
- Coriolan, tragédie (1676).
- Lyncée, tragédie (1678).