Alexis Piron (1689-1773)
French comic playwright; author of Arlequin-Ducalion (1722). He
was elected to the French Academy in 1753 but forbidden to take his seat after the king was
shown his “Ode à Priape.”
French comic playwright; author of Arlequin-Ducalion (1722). He
was elected to the French Academy in 1753 but forbidden to take his seat after the king was
shown his “Ode à Priape.”