Jodelle, Estienne, 1532-73, French poet of the Pléiade (see under
Pleiad). He was the author of
Cléopatre captive (1553), the first French tragedy that departed from medieval drama. His other plays were a comedy,
Eugène (1552), and
Didon se sacrifiant (1558), another tragedy.
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