Kochanowski, Lament 16.29-32: Cicero and his ultimate failure

• Authors: Jarosław Jakielaszek

Title variants

PL

Kochanowski, Tren XVI 16.29-32: Odwołanie do śmierci Cycerona

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The present paper investigates the sources and ramifi cations of the reference to Cicero’s death in Kochanowski’s Lament 16.29-32. Supplementing information provided by existing commentaries on Laments, it is argued that the reference is made to the judgement on Cicero’s last hours in Plutarch’s Comparison of Demosthenes and Cicero. The divergence from the main current of the biographical tradition of Cicero’s death, mostly favourable to him, is put into the context of the complex Renaissance discussion about the philosophy-of Cicero, acceptability of Stoicism, and the relationship between ancient philosophy and Christianity.

Keywords

EN

Jan Kochanowski; Marcus Tullius Cicero; stoicism; Laments

PL

Jan Kochanowski; Marcus Tullius Cicero; stoicyzm; treny

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Prace Filologiczne. Literaturoznawstwo
• Year: 2012
• Issue: 2(5)
• Pages: 15-35

Dates

published

2019-10-16

Contributors

author

Jarosław Jakielaszek

• Uniwersytet Warszawski