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Document Details : Title: Presenze omeriche e oraziane negli Elegiarum libri quattuor di Jan Kochanowski Subtitle: L'Iliade e i Carmina orazioni nell'elegia 3.7 Author(s): CABRAS, Francesco Journal: Humanistica Lovaniensia Volume: 67 Issue: 1 Date: 2018 Pages: 209-229 DOI: 10.2143/HLO.67.1.3292342 Abstract : Contrary to what critics have stated, the Polish poet Jan Kochanowski appears to be more interested in a direct imitation of the Homeric poems than an imitation of Latin poets such as Propertius or Ovid, who tried to 're-write' Homer in their poems. This article discusses the connection between Kochanowski’s elegy 3.7 and Homer’s Iliad. It also shows how the imitation of Homer serves a specific purpose: by quoting Horace, Kochanowski reflects upon the ability poetry has to eternize its dedicatees. The Homeric heroes are still known thanks to Homer’s poems; Ossoliński, the dedicatee of this elegy, will be known forever thanks to Kochanowski’s verses. |
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