Iphis Et Iante: Une Comédie Basée Sur Les Métamorphoses d’Ovide

＂A French play by Isaac de Benserade (1613-91). A romantic comedy of mistaken identities, sympathetically portraying a lesbian relationship. Based on a story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses＂--

Born in 1612 or 1613, the French précieux poet Isaac de Benserade was also known by his contemporaries for his ballets that often featured King Louis XIV. For a time, Benserade became a successful playwright, composing a handful of tragedies and one comedy, Iphis and Iante. He was admitted into the Académie Française in 1674 and died in 1691.