1881 and 1883 saw his first successes, when he twice won the second prize in the prix de Rome contest, for his Tyrtaeus singing the Messanians (Tyrtée chantant les Messéniennes) and Diagoras dying for joy on learning of his two victorious children's triumph at the Olympic Games (Diagoras mourant de joie en apprenant le triomphe de ses deux enfants vainqueurs aux Jeux Olympiques) respectively.
Denys Arcand | Denys Lasdun | Denys Hay | Denys Corbet | Denys Bray | St Denys | Denys Johnson-Davies | Denys Corbett Wilson | Marie-Jean-Léon, Marquis d'Hervey de Saint Denys | '''Kalu Rinpoché''' and Lama Denys | Jean-Baptiste Denys | Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau | Gilbert Denys | Denys Watkins-Pitchford | Denys Roberts | Denys Rayner | Denys Graham | Denys Finch Hatton |