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A French poet of Greek origin; born in the island of Crete, Nov. 15, 1840. He spent his early years at Smyrna, then lived for a time at Milan, and afterward settled in Paris as a journalist. He wrote: "The Last of the Popes", a novel, in Italian; a volume of French verses, "Passions and Thoughts" (1865); "Messenian Tales" (1867); "The Triumph of Peace" (1878); "Flesh and Soul Cry Out" (1883). He wrote also the tragedy "Rome Vanquished" (1876), and the Scriptural poem "Sephora" (1877).