Antonio Ferreira, a Portuguese poet, born in Lisbon in 1528, died there of the plague in 1569. He was a contemporary of Camoens, and perfected the elegiac and epistolary style already introduced with success by Sa de Miranda. He enriched Portuguese poetry with the epithalamium, the epigram, ode, and tragedy, and the influence which he exerted in kindling a love for classical scholarship caused him to be called the Horace of Portugal. His Poemas lusitanos, which are distinguished by remarkable purity of language, appeared in 1598, and his complete works in 1771. His best comedy is Comedia do cioso (the "Jealous Man), and his masterpiece is the tragedy of Ines de Castro. An English translation of this tragedy, by Mr. Musgrave, appeared in 1825.