Louis de Sacy (; 1654,
Paris
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– 26 October 1727,
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
) was a French author, and lawyer. He was the third member elected to occupy seat 2 of the
Académie française in 1701. De Sacy was particularly known for his elegant translations of
Pliny the Younger's ''
Epistulae'' and ''Panegyricus Traiani''.
[Godefroy, Frédéric Eugène (1863)]
''Histoire de la littérature française depuis le xvie sìcle''
Vol. 3, p. 49. Gaume frères & J. Duprey
Bibliography
*'' Lettres de Pline le Jeune'' (1699-1701)
*'' Traité de l’amitié '' (1703)
*'' Traité de la gloire '' (1715)
References
1654 births
1727 deaths
Writers from Paris
Members of the Académie Française
French male writers
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