Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae
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Obraz bogiń w wersach II 15–54 De raptu Proserpinae Klaudiana (The Portrayal of the Goddesses in Verses II 15–54 of Claudian’s De raptu Proserpinae)
Get PDFClaudian’s mythological poem De raptu Proserpinae is almost wholly composed of loosely linked episodes. The disputed verses from his epic, are one of the luxuriant descriptive episodes (ekphrasis) and portray four goddesses tending to the meadow of the Mount Etna. In this paper I’ll try to indicate, that their looks and the symbols depicted on their garments resemble the popular fashion of the contemporary aristocracy and remind of the works of art and motifs characteristic and prevailing in fourth century C.E. Beyond that, not to be overlooked, Claudian simultaneously emulates the divine images that mainly appear in Homer’s and Vergil’s epics as well
Ojcowie i synowie w deklamacji rzymskiej (Roman Declamations on Fathers and Sons)
Get PDFThe text outlines how the concept of pietas understood as unreserved reverence of sons towards their fathers was incorporated into the repertory of school declamations that in the Roman education system made the main means of modelling the social attitudes of younger generations
Hamlet Szekspira a tragedie Seneki (Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ and Seneca’s Tragedies)
Get PDFIn this paper I am discussing some crucial resamblences between ancient tragedy of Seneca the Younger and Hamlet by William Shakespeare. I want to show how important is to have in mind Seneca’s efforts while trying to understand „philosophy” and structure of Hamlet
Cakes and Breads in Oribasius’ Collectiones medicae
Get PDFOribasius (4th century A.D.), Greek doctor, created at least four medical works. The most important of them is Collectiones medicae. We are going to present two foods described there: cakes and breads based on cereal products, described in the beginning of the 1st book. For ancient Mediterranean societies cereals were food which constituted the staple of the diet for the overwhelming majority of the population
Kosmetyka anti-ageing w starożytnym Rzymie (Anti-ageing cosmetics in ancient Rome)
Get PDFThe process of ageing is accompanied by changes in the structure and appearance of the skin and its appendages. The article examines descriptions of people advanced in age to be found in the works of Roman authors from the period of the Principate, e.g. Horace, Ovid, Martial, Juvenal. Using input from this written recordthe author presents a brief overview of attributes of old age associated with appearance. Next, a closer look is taken at informations afforded by Ovid, Pliny the Elder, Celsus and Dioscurides on cosmetics and cosmetic treatments used during Classical Antiquity to delay the process of skin ageing and conceal the wastages caused by ageing
Aeneis Jana Lucienbergiusa. Wizja typograficzna i teatralna („Aeneis” by Johann Lucienberger(gius): Theatrical and Typographic Vision)
Get PDFThis paper deals with the dramatization of Virgil’s Aeneid created in Frankfurt am Meinz in the second half of the 16th century by Ioannes Lucienbergius. It discusses the text as a scenic adaptation of Roman epic and as typographic work
The contracted forms in the Present Indicative Middle and Passive of Athematic Verbs in Poetry of Ancient Greece of Archaic and Classical Period
Get PDFThe aim of the paper is an attempt at analysing the contracted forms of the second-person singular of athematic verbs in Greek poetry. Verbs such as dÚnamai and ™p…stamai have forms with -sai and -hi, -ai in the present indicative middle and passive. Contemporary scholars express different views on where the contracted forms appear. The paper presents the opinions of ancient grammarians and modern linguists on the mentioned subject. The critical analysis of these opinions has been contrasted with the forms present in the poetry of archaic and classical period
“Opus oratorium”. Between rhetoric and acting in the Middle Ages
Get PDFThe following article deals with a possibility of finding some parallels between oratory art and staging. They are often hidden in a text structure, but also an old practice allows us to point many similarities between both arts. Some ancient, medieval treatises were chosen for the further analysis
TEOLOGIA POLITYCZNA CYCERONA (Cicero’s civil theology)
No full textThe purpose of the paper is to present civil theology of Cicero in the light of Varro’s tripartite view of theology (mythical, natural, civil). The author examines certain excerpts from Cicero’s philosophical works, particularly The Republic and The Laws, in which this politic and philosopher presents his concept of civile theology as the traditional religion of the Romans influenced by natural theology
Ichthyonymia Graeco-Latina. Die Bedeutung der Lexik neugriechischer und romanischer Dialekte für die richtige Identifizierung lateinischer Fischnamen
Get PDFIchthyonymia Graeco-Latina. The Importance of the Modern Greek and Romance Lexical Data for Correct Identification of the Latin Fish-NamesIn his edition of Halieutica A. W. Mikołajczak leaves eight Latin names of the Mediterranean fishes, mentioned by Ovid, with no identification and explanation. The present author discusses them, taking into account the lexical data attested in the Modern Greek dialects, as well as the Italian ones. Four fish-names (cantharus, erythinus, iulis, smaris) may be securely identified on the basis of the modern (Greek and/or Romance) terminology for fishes of the Mediterranean Sea. No reflexes of four different fishes (cercyros, glaucus, lamiros, tragus) appear in the contemporary vocabulary of peoples of the Mediterranean area. This is why these Ovid’s fishes are hardly identifiable. M. Kokoszko’s book appears to be a valuable dictionary of the Greek fish-names, introducing an excellent presentation and convincing identification of most Mediterranean Sea fishes. His presentation agrees completely with the conclusions given in this paper