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Penelopa w poezji nowogreckiej XX wieku (Penelope in Modern Greek 20th century Poetry)

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Bzinkowski M.

Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae

2015

vol. 25

issue 2

119-136

In my paper I focus on the well-known Greek mythical as well as literary figure, known mainly from Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus’ faithful wife, Penelope. Attention is given to the interpretation of the Homeric prototype in Modern Greek 20th century poetry. The successive metamorphoses of the image of Penelope are traced in Nikos Kazantzakis’ The Odyssey, Yiannis Ritsos’ Penelope’s Despair, Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke’s Says Penelope, Kyriakos Charalambides’ Penelope Recognizes Odysseus, Penelope’s Odysseusand Pandelis Boukalas’ Penelope. The analysis shows ambiguous attitude to the traditional image of Penelope and tendency of Modern Greek poets to demythologize her and to show the scene of anagnorisis in Homer‘s Odyssey in modern context as well as with more psychological probability.

The case of the angels. the relevance of the research by classical scholar John Cuthbert Lawson (1874-1919) on modern Greek culture

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Bzinkowski M.

Classica Cracoviensia

2015

issue 18

83-110

In my paper I focus on the well-known John Cuthbert Lawson’s study about Modern Greek folklore (1910) and I venture to verify if it may be regarded as a reliable source of information about Greek folk beliefs. I base my argument on the eschatological remarks Lawson made concerning the personification of Death – Charos and his relationship to the Christian Angels. Confronting Lawson’s views and his source material with other similar demotic songs, mainly from the collections he had had access to, I try to show in what way the older collections of folk-songs might have distorted or falsified the eschatological images of Charos and the Angels, and what he overlooked while analyzing the sources. I also shed some light on possible influences of Byzantine orthodoxy on Modern Greek folk tradition to which Greek demotic songs belong.

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Penelopa w poezji nowogreckiej XX wieku (Penelope in Modern Greek 20th century Poetry)

The case of the angels. the relevance of the research by classical scholar John Cuthbert Lawson (1874-1919) on modern Greek culture