In his Poetics, Vida extols the hexameter, versus heroicus, as the noblest metre. Although he recommends Virgil as the most perfect model for imitation, he himself uses the much freer hexameter of Horace, who not always ...

The article presents erotic behaviours by the participants of some sacral ceremonies of ancient Rome. These celebrations belong to the group of sacra publica (sacrum Annae Perennae, Parilia, Floralia, Veneralia, the ...

The article discusses the role of the eyes and sight in the process of perceiving the world and another person according to Greek spiritual culture. This regards two types of perception: one which results from the desire ...

Bibliographic anthem of Joseph Macjon.

In his Panathenaic speech, Isocrates contrasts his own teaching program with traditional models of Greek education, both the earlier one and the more scientific one that is favoured in his times: his aim is to form the ...

The paper focuses on ancient ideas, myths and texts, which has been adapted by Third Reich in order to build Nazi ideology. Hitler’s followers passionately read works of Plato, Plutarch and Tacitus, however, their intention ...

Dans cet article je présente d’ une manière générale la trilogie dramatique de Federico García Lorca et les inspirations grecques qui y existent: la tragedie, fatum, sacrum, le destin. Je présente aussi l’Andalousie ...

Chociaż Leksykon Hesychiosa stanowi wartościowe i wciąż nie w pełni wykorzystane żródło do badań nad wymarłymi językami antycznych Bałkanów, to jednak zachowane glosy paleobałkańskie wymagają właściwej analizy filologicznej ...

In reference to a comparative study of Sienkiewicz' s historical trilogy three episodes in The Deluge bear striking resemblance to those in Odyssey (translated by Lucjan Siemieński) - the fact that seems to have escaped ...

Sophistarum doctrinae, quae ad ingenia civium conformanda multum valuit, magna etiam in Euripidis tragoediis vis fuit. In hac dissertatione praecipue ea tractantur, quae in fabula Alcestidi dicata insunt et cum Protagorae ...