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A short comedy in two versions, Latin and Polish, developing the myth, popularised by Euripides' Helen. Its relations to that tragedy and to other ancient sources are discussed in the introduction.
Fryderyk Tripplin was born in Weimar in Saxonia, studied Classical Philology in Jena, where he obtained a doctorate, and spent the rest of his life in Kalisz, Pinczów and Tomaszów Mazowiecki. His main object of interest was the ancient cult of Lares and Penates.
The late Ihor Sevcenko, one of the most eminent Byzantologists and professor of Harvard University, was born near Warsaw to a Ukrainian family and maintained close ties with Polish scholars. The authoress of the article discusses the scholar's life and works and tells about her contacts with him during her stay at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington DC during the academic year 1986-1987.
A close look at the mentions of fear and similar affects in Sallust's works shows that he regarded them as an important factor in politics. His attitude in this matter does not differ much from that of Thucydides; but Sallust goes even further than his predecessor and presents fear as the essence of power, both in domestic and in external relations.
In his 1534 Latin poem on the illness of the Polish King Sigismundus I that was a consequence of his hunting expedition, Marcin Kromer introduces the myth of Cephalus and Procris. Borrowing the subject from Ovid (Met. VII 690-862), Kromer presents only the last part of the history of this unhappy couple and does not dwell on the husband's and wife's emotions as much as his predecessor. This passage...
A review of Katarzyna Marciniak's book 'Cicero vortit barbare'. Though the book has many assets, some doubts can be raised against its thesis that Cicero often deliberately changed the sense of Greek texts he was translating in order to achieve his aims, dictated by the interest of the republic.
The authoress shows various ways used by Lucan to introduce an atmosphere of horror into his poem. Fear is visible not only in his descriptions of battles but also in the images of the universe dissolving itself into chaos. In the course of this transformation, all four of the elements, freed from their cosmic frame and at war one with another, bring harm and death to human beings and animals. Hate...
The article discusses those inscriptions included by Nathan Chytraeus in his Variorum in Europa itinerum deliciae that pertain to Virgil, Livy, Cicero, both Plinys and Pacuvius.
An analysis of a Parian inscription dating from the third century BC, which shows how Archilochus’ memory was vivid among his compatriots hundreds of years after his death.
Research on the economy of Roman Dacia has shown the high level of its development. The main branches were gold, silver and iron mining, agriculture and husbandry, handicrafts, trade and transport. During a short time many towns came into being and became important centers for the local economy. An important part of the economic growth of the province can be ascribed to the army. The archeological...
Onesicritus and Aristobulus, participants in Alexander’s expedition to India and authors of historical works relating his achievements, describe their meetings with Indian philosophers in fragments of their histories, preserved in Strabo’s Geography. These testimonies, most probably authentic, are analysed here.
In order to interpret the remains of Ptolemais - an important ancient city in Cyrenaica, it seems worthwhile to make use of a book by Frederick William Beechey and his brother, Henry William Beechey, who visited the site in the years 1821-1822.
Two chapters from Isidore’s Etymologies (XVI 6-7) are presented here in Agnieszka Wąsik’s Polish translation. They are preceded by the translator’s short preface.
Greeks from the earliest times attached much importance to funeral rites and showed much interest in tombs, especially those of men fallen in war. Therefore, inscriptions on tombs seem to have been one of important factors that helped Greeks of the archaic period to acquire knowledge of writing.
The article analyses the role of Friedrich Nietzsche’s philological education in his approach to philosophical problems and describes the philosopher’s attitude towards classical philology and study of ancient authors.
A Polish translation of a well-known passage of Ovid’s masterpiece by an army offi cer who died in 1950. In his short introduction Juliusz Domański tries to establish some facts pertaining to the life of this forgotten personage, his wife’s uncle.
A review of the new edition of Henryk Sienkiewicz’s short story Let Us Follow Him, translated into Latin in the years 1898-1899 by Pietro Angelini. The edition, made by Dirk Sacré, has been published as the fi rst volume of the new series Pluteus Neolatinus.
Fragments of Sophocles’ Polyxena are analysed here in order to deduce information on the plot of the tragedy. Special attention is given to the apparition of Achilles’ ghost and to the question whether the hero’s tomb was erected on the stage.
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