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Materias / palabras clave: History (General) and history of Europe: History of the Greco-Roman World | Language and Literature: Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature

‘Is there some other form of law?’ – that is how Gaius Iulius Caesar (played by Ciaran Hinds) in the TV series ‘Rome’ comments on Roman Law. ‘Rome’ (2005–2007) is a historical drama set in the last days o...

In the aftermath of the Great War, following the victory of the Entente and the fulfilment of the national ideal, the former internal enemy — represented by all those who had sided with the Central Powers — was gradu...

This article focuses on a certain wedding custom presented by the ancient Roman scholar, Marcus Terentius Varro in his work De vita populi Romani. According to him Roman bride on her way to her new home used to carry thr...

This article discusses the state of Ukrainian classical music during the first years of the full-scale Russian invasion, the understanding of which requires familiarity with the historical context and the rhetoric of pos...

The ceremonies in honour of the dead – Parentalia, Lemuria, Larentalia, Compitalia, mundus patet – corresponded with the spiritual needs of the Romans. The purpose of the religious event re­corded in the fasti usual...

The aim of this article is to analyse the Renaissance poem Sarca, whose authorship is attributed to the Italian humanist Pietro Bembo, and to indicate the ancient inspirations of the work. The main model for the work is ...

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The article is an attempt of interpretation of seven poems written by Wawrzyniec Korwin which were inserted in St. Bonaventura`s homilies and constitute forms of prayers to be said daily by Christians. The author analyse...

This paper deals with the myth of Minyas’ daughters in the novel Frenzy by Percival Everett, a Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. He has brought forward a new interpretation of...

Materias / palabras clave: wino; kobieta; Rzym; ius osculi, lora; passum; murrina

Materias / palabras clave: Starożytny Rzym; medycyna rzymska; lekarze rzymscy; farmakologia; choroby

The main aim of the article is to present ways of expressing one of the most important means of reasoning – namely, the topos of exaggerated modesty – in selected parliamentary speeches by Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski....

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