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Ottavio Rinuccini (1562–1621)
Rinuccini, Ottavio (rē-nö-chē’nē). An Italian poet and gentleman; born at Florence in 1562; died in 1621. His pastoral ‘Daphne’ was put to music and rendered with great success; and his second pastoral, ‘Eurydice,’ was represented at the marriage of Marie de’ Medici and Henry IV., and published in 1600. A later lyric drama, ‘Ariadne at Naxos,’ is superior to his former productions. His poetry was collected and published in 1622.