Excerpt from The Works of Voltaire, Vol. 15 of 43: A Contemporary Version With Notes
Dramatis Person?.
Merope, Widow of Cresphontes, King of Messene.
Jegisthus, Son of Merope.
Poliphontes, Tyrant of Messene.
Narbas, an old Man.
Euricles, Favorite of Merope.
Erox, Favorite of Poliphontes.
Ismenia, Confidante of Merope.
Scene At Messene, in the Palace of Merope.
"Merope," produced in 1743, is the greatest of Voltaire"s tragedies and a perfect literary performance. Frederick the Great amused himself by turning it into the libretto of an opera. Its success was great and the author was called before the curtain, an honor until then unknown in France. The interest of the following correspondence justifies its length.
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