Mithridate

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Cree autour du 23 decembre 1672 a l'Hotel de Bourgogne, et publie en 1673, Mithridate succede a Bajazet et precede Iphigenie dans l'oeuvre de Racine. Le sujet est tire de l'histoire ancienne. Mithridate VI Eupator (132-63 av. J.-C.) regna sur le royaume du Pont, autour de la mer Noire. Celebre pour s'etre progressivement accoutume aux poisons par mithridatisation, il resista longtemps aux Romains, allant jusqu'a imaginer un projet d'invasion de l'Italie. Il finit par se donner la mort apres avoir ete trahi par son propre fils.