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Mérope

Mérope is a tragedy in five acts by Voltaire. The text is a reworking by Voltaire of the Italian tragedy Merope by Scipione Maffei, dating from 1736/1737. The play premiered in 1743 and first appeared in print in 1744.


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“Clever tyrants are never punished.”

Voltaire Mérope

Les habiles tyrans ne sont jamais punis.
Mérope, act V, scene V (1743)
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“The first who was king was a fortunate soldier:
Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors.”

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Le premier qui fut roi fut un soldat heureux:
Qui sert bien son pays n'a pas besoin d'aïeux.
Mérope, act I, scene III (1743). Borrowed from Lefranc de Pompignan's "Didon"
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