Première guerre de Mithridate

Plaideurs (1668), a satire of the legal profession. Between 1667 and 1677, he staged seven tragedies in rapid succession, drawing on Greek mythology (Andromaque, 1667; Iphigénie, 1674; Phèdre, 1677), Roman history (Britannicus, 1669; Bérénice, 1671; Mithridate, 1673) and, in Bajazet (1672), the more recent Oriental past. Success brought advancement and in 1677 he was appointed historiographer royal. 120 THE CLASSICAL AGE He abandoned the theatre and followed the king’s court and campaigns. He