Le Parnasse satyrique
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Le Parnasse satyrique is a collection of poetry by Théophile de Viau.
In 1622, a collection of licentious poems, "Le Parnasse satyrique", was published under his name (although many of the poems were written by others) and Théophile was denounced by the Jesuits and was sentenced to appear bare foot before Notre Dame in Paris and to be burned alive (1623). With Théophile de Viau in hiding, the sentence was carried out in effigy, but the poet was eventually caught in flight toward England and put in the Conciergerie prison in Paris for almost two years. The trial lead to debates among scholars and writers, and 55 pamphlets were published both for and against Théophile. His sentence was changed to perpetual banishment and Théophile spent the remaining months of his life in Chantilly under the protection of the Duke of Montmorency before dying in Paris in 1626.
