Moréas Jean (1856-1910), pseudonym Papadiamantópoulos Ioannis was born in Athens on 15 April 1856 and died in Saint-Mandé, near Paris, on 31 March 1910 Son of a Greek lawyer, from a child was educated in the French culture and language thanks to her governess, who instilled his passion for poetry. He soon became a familiar figure in literary circles of the time. It exerted a decisive influence on the formation of the French symbolist trend and its transformation into real "school." He wrote two manifestos that contributed significantly to establishing the symbolism and movement. Later, however, convinced that the symbolism would not last as a literary movement, Moréas recycle their artistic budgets and, with Charles Maurras, institute called Romance School marked neoclassical inspiration. From the set of his work, in addition to several collections of poems include two novels in collaboration with Paul Adam, several volumes of essays and numerous articles of literary criticism include the classic verse drama Iphigénie à Aulis (1903) and especially his famous Stances, published between 1899 and 1920, who were to eventually become one of the capital parts of modern poetry.