DACIER  , ANDR$ (1651-1722), See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French classical See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CASTRES

Castres in upper See also:

• LANGUEDOC

Languedoc, on the 6th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1651 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, a See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate, sent him first to the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy of See also:

• PUY

Puy See also:

• LAURENS, HENRY (1724–1792)

Laurens, and afterwards to See also:

• SAUMUR

Saumur to study under Tanneguy Lefevre . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of Lefevre in 1672, Dacier re-moved to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, and was appointed one of the editors of the Delphin See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of the See also:

• CLASSICS

classics . In 1683 he married.See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne Lefevre, the daughter of his old See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor (see below) . In 1695 he was elected member of the Academy of See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

Inscriptions, and also of the French Academy; not See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long after, as See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment for his See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in , the "medallic" See also:

• HISTORY

history of the• See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's reign, he was,appointed keeper of the library of the Louvre . He died two years after his wife, on the 18th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1722., , The most important of his See also:

• WORKS

works were his See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of Pompeius estus and Verrius See also:

• FLACCUS

Flaccus, and his See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations of See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace (with, notes), See also:

• ARISTOTLE
• ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.)

Aristotle's Poetics,, the See also:

• ELECTRA ('HMKTpa)

Electra and See also:

• OEDIPUS (OiSiirovs, O16tir63i7s, Wines, from Gr. ot&eiv swell, and gobs foot, i.e. " the swollen-footed ")

Oedipus Coloneus of See also:

• SOPHOCLES (495-406 B.c.)

Sophocles, See also:

• EPICTETUS (born c. A.D. 6o)

Epictetus, See also:

• HIPPOCRATES

Hippocrates and See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch's"Lives . His wife, ANNE LEFEVRE (1654-1720)„ French scholar and translator from the classics, was born at Saumur, probably in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1654 . On her father's death in 1672 she removed to Paris, carrying with her See also:

• PART

part of an edition of See also:

• CALLIMACHUS

Callimachus, which she afterwards published . This was so well received that she was engaged as one of the editors of the Delphin series of classical authors, in which she edited See also:

• FLORUS
• FLORUS, JULIUS
• FLORUS, PUBLIUS ANNIUS

Florus, Dictys Cretensis, Aurelius See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

Victor and See also:

• EUTROPIUS

Eutropius . In 1681 appeared her See also:

• PROSE

prose version of See also:

• ANACREON

Anacreon and See also:

• SAPPHO (7th–6th centuries B.C.)

Sappho, and in the next few years; she published prose versions of See also:

• TERENCE

Terence and some of the plays of See also:

• PLAUTUS, TITUS MACCIUS (originally perhaps MACCUS; cf. Asin. Prol. 11)

Plautus and See also:

• ARISTOPHANES
• ARISTOPHANES (c. 448–385 B.e.1)

Aristophanes . In 1654 she and her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband retired to Castres, with the See also:

• OBJECT

object of devoting themselves to theological studies . In 1685 the result was announced in the See also:

• CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion to See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Catholicism of both M. and Mme Dacier, who were rewarded with a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension by the king .

, In 1699 appeared the prose See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the Iliad (followed nine years later by a similar translation of the Odyssey), which gained for her the position she occupies in French literature . The See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of this version, which made See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer known for the first See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to many French men of letters, and among others to A . Houdart de la Motte, gave rise to a famous See also:

• LITERARY

literary controversy . In 1714 la Motte published a poetical version of the Iliad, abridged and altered to suit his own See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste, together with a Discours sur Homere, stating the reasons why Romer failed to satisfy his See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical taste . Mme Dacier replied in the same See also:

• YEAR

year in her See also:

• WORK

work, See also:

• DES

Des causes de la corruption du See also:

• GOAT (a common Teut. word; O. Eng. gat, Goth. gaits, Mod. Ger. Geiss, cognate with Lat. haedus, a kid)

goat . La Motte carried on the discussion with See also:

• LIGHT

light gaiety and badinage, and had the happiness of seeing his views supported by the See also:

• ABBE (Serbo-Croatian Rai))

abbe See also:

• JEAN

Jean Terrasson, who in ,1715 produced two volumes entitled Dissertation critique sur l'Iliade, in which he maintained that See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science and See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy, and especially the science and philosophy of See also:

• DESCARTES, RENE (1596-1650)

Descartes, had so See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed the human mind that the poets of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century were immeasurably See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior to, those of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• GREECE

Greece . In the same year Pere C . See also:

• BUFFIER, CLAUDE (1661-1737)

Buffier published Homere en See also:

• ARBITRAGE

arbitrage, in which he concluded that both parties were really agreed on the ,essential point-that Homer was one of the greatest geniuses the See also:

• WORLD

world had seen, and that, as a whole, no other poem could be preferred to his; and, soon after (on the 5th of April 1716), in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of M. de Valincourt, Mme Dacier and la Motte met at supper, and drank together to the See also:

• HEALTH

health of Homer . Nothing of importance. marks the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of Mme Dacier's See also:

• LIFE

life . She died at the Louvre, on the 17th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1720 . See C . A .

Sainte-Beuve, Causeries du lundi, vol. ix.; J . F . See also:

• BODIN, JEAN (1530-1596)

Bodin, Re4herches historigues sur la ville ; de Saumur (;812-r814);;, P . J . Burette, Eloge de Mme Dacier (1721) ; Memoires de Mme de See also:

• STAEL, MADAME DE

Stael (1755); E . See also:

• EGGER

Egger, L'Hellenisme en See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, ii . (1869); Memoires de See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint-See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon, iii . ; R . Rigault, Histoire de to querelle des anciens et des modernes (1856) .