Lazare de Baïf
Lazare de Baïf (1496–1547) was a French diplomat and humanist. His natural son, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, was born in Venice, while Lazare was French ambassador there.[1]
He published a translation of the Electra of Sophocles in 1537, and afterwards a version of the Hecuba. He was an elegant writer of Latin verse, and is commended by Joachim du Bellay as having introduced certain valuable words into the French language.[1]
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Baïf, Jean Antoine de". Encyclopædia Britannica. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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