1642. (30th of December.) His Birth 180 His Parentage 180 His Education 180 His Marriage 181 His Odes 181 Kindness and Liberality of Christina of Sweden to Filicaja 182 He is appointed Governor of Volterra 182 His Return to Florence; his Character: his "Ode to the Virgin" 183 1717. His Death 184 METASTASIO. His obscure Origin 185 1698. (13th of January.) His Birth; his Name 185 His Adoption by Vincenzo Gravina 185 His first Tragedy, "Giustino" 186 His Letter to Algarotti 187 His Letter to Don Saverio Mattei 188 Death of his adopted Father Gravina 189 His Studies 189 His Imprudence 189 Commences the Study of the Law at Naples 190 He composes his "Orti Esperidi" 190 He quits his Legal Studies 191 And resides at the House of the Prima Donna Marianna Bulgarelli 191 He studies Music 192 1594. Operatic Dramas first introduced at Florence 192 1724. Metastasio composes his "Didone Abbandonato;" also his "Siroe" 192 He accompanies the Prima Donna to Rome 193 1727. He writes his Drama of "Cato" 193 1729. He is invited to become the Court Poet of Vienna 193 Apostolo Zeno 194 1730. Metastasio fulfils his Engagement to the Roman Theatre 194 He enters on his Employments at Vienna; Success of his Dramas 194 Becomes Treasurer of the Province of Cosenza, in Naples 195 His Letters to Marianna Bulgarelli 196 1733. Her Death 198 Metastasio's Letters to his Brother on her Death 198 His Style 200 His "Attilio Regulo" 201