François-Séraphin Régnier-Desmarais (13 August 1632, Paris - 6 September 1713, Paris) was a French ecclesiastic, grammarian, diplomat and poet in French, Spanish and Latin. He also translated
Alphonsus Rodriguez's ''The Practice of Christian Perfection'' and several works by
Anacreon
Anacreon ( BC) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and erotic poems. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of Nine Lyric Poets. Anacreon wrote all of his poetry in the ancient Ionic dialect. Like all early ...
,
Homer
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and
Cicero
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. He was born in
Paris
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.
Clergy from Paris
1632 births
1713 deaths
Grammarians from France
17th-century French diplomats
Latin–French translators
Greek–French translators
French classical scholars
Spanish–French translators
Members of the Académie Française
17th-century French translators
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