Alfieri

[ ahl-fye-ree ]

/ ɑlˈfyɛ ri /

Count Vit·to·rio

[veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/,1749–1803, Italian dramatist and poet.

Example sentences from the Web for alfieri

The closing scene of the fourth act of this tragedy can well be studied as a striking example of Alfieri's power of condensation.

Modern Italian Poets |William Dean Howells
Alfieri, the greatest poet modern Italy produced, delighted in eccentricities, not always of the most amiable kind.

Books and Authors |Anonymous
The passion of Alfieri for knowledge was begotten by the reading of "Plutarch's Lives."

The Bobbin Boy |William M. Thayer
Occasionally a grand performance of one of Alfieri's plays enlivened the house on the Lung Arno.

The Countess of Albany |Violet Paget (AKA Vernon Lee)

Alfieri composed also an epic, lyrics, satires, and poetical translations from the ancient classics.

The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 |Various

Alfieri

/ (Italian alˈfjɛri) /

Count Vittorio (vitˈtɔːrjo). 1749–1803, Italian dramatist and poet, noted for his classical tragedies and political satires