Pleiad definition of Pleiad in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

Pleiad (plē`ăd) [from Pleiades Pleiades, in Greek mythology, seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione. According to one legend they were the attendants of Artemis and were changed into stars by the gods when they were pursued by the amorous hunter Orion.
..... Click the link for more information. ], group of seven tragic poets of Alexandria who flourished c.280 B.C. under Ptolemy II Philadelphus. Of the works of the men usually given in lists of the Pleiad only those of Lycophron Lycophron (lĭk`əfrŏn), fl. early 3d cent. B.C., b. Chalcis, Alexandrian Greek poet, one of the Pleiad .
..... Click the link for more information. survive. A group of enthusiastic French poets took c.1553 the name

Pléiade from the Alexandrian Pleiad. The conventional seven of this group are Ronsard Ronsard, Pierre de (pyĕr də rôNsär`), 1524–1585, French poet.
..... Click the link for more information. (the leader), Joachim Du Bellay Du Bellay, Joachim (zhōäshăN` bĕlā`), 1522?–1560, French poet of the Pléiade (see under Pleiad ).
..... Click the link for more information. , Belleau Belleau, Remy (rāmē` bĕlō`), 1528–77, French poet of the Pléiade (see under Pleiad ).
..... Click the link for more information. , Jodelle Jodelle, Estienne (ātyĕn` zhôdĕl`), 1532–73, French poet of the Pléiade (see under Pleiad ).
..... Click the link for more information. , Tyard Tyard, Pontus de (pôNtüs` də tēär`), 1521?–1605, French poet of the Pléiade (see under Pleiad ).
..... Click the link for more information. , Baïf Baïf, Jean Antoine de (zhäN äNtwän` də bäēf`)
..... Click the link for more information. , and Daurat Daurat or Dorat, Jean (both: zhäN dōrä`)
..... Click the link for more information. . Their avowed purpose was to encourage the writing of French, as against Latin, in order to enrich the French language and to establish a modern literature equal to other literatures. They cultivated the use of classical and Italian forms, especially of the sonnet.

Bibliography

See G. Castor, Pléiade Poetics (1964); R. J. Clements, Critical Theory and Practice of the Pléiade (1942, repr. 1970).

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