Longepierre, Hilaire-Bernard de Roqueluyne, baron de (1659-1721). Courtier, tutor to princes of the blood, translator of Greek poetry, and champion of the ancients (Discours sur les anciens, 1687) [see Querelle]. He praised Racine in his Parallèle de Corneille et de Racine (1686) and imitated him in his tragedies (Médée, 1694; Électre, performed 1702).
[Peter France]
