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Introduction
Thepresentvolumebringstogetherelevenpapersconcerningvariousas-
pectsofancientliteratureandcultureaswellasGreekandLatinlanguage.
ItisprefacedwithanodecomposedbyAnnaSzczepaniakontheoccasionof
the20thanniversaryofclassicalstudiesattheUniversityofSilesia.Inapaper
dealingwithGreeklanguageKatarzynaFrąckiewiczexaminestheworddidou,
inrecentscholarshipconsideredasapoeticalformofthepresentimperativeboth
middleandpassive.KatarzynaLesiaktakesontherelativelyunderstudiedphe-
nomenonofsoundinstrumentationinLatinliterature,illustratingherargument
withexamplestakenfromthemastersofRomanepic:Lucretius,VirgilandOvid.
AleksandraMusiałpointstotheparallelsbetweentheMesopotamianGilgamesh
epicandthepoetryofHomer.DamianPierzakoffersaninterpretationofthemyth
ofApolloandHyacinthinthelightofsomeliteraryspecimensofancientGreek
culture,mostnotablyAntiphon’sSecondTetralogy.JanKucharskidealswithsome
narrativepatterns-withparticularattentiongiventothemotifofliberationand
deliverance-shapingtheplotsofrevengetragediesoftheAthenianplaywrights.
InhispaperconcerningtheheroizationofMarcusAtiliusRegulusinRomanlit-
eratureGrzegorzBartusikdemonstrateshowaspecificconceptofhistorycanbe
understoodasan“antistrophe”ofphilosophy.ThenextarticlebyBogdanBurliga
givesananalysisofPlutarch’sLifeofAnthony,andarguesthatdespitehisharsh
judgmentsonAnthony’svicesPlutarchdoesnotutterlycondemnthemanbehind
them.ArturMalinainhispaperemphasizesthecontrastdrawnintheGospelof
MarkbetweentheinstitutionalauthoritywieldedbythemembersoftheSanhe-
drinasopposedtothepersonalauthorityofJesus.MonikaCzarnuchpresentsthe
mannerinwhichClementofAlexandria,drawingbothformtheHolyScripture
andtheclassicalauthors,acknowledgestheimportanceofclassicalphilosophyon
theroadleadingtoWisdom.Goya’sSaturn,itssignificancetotheSpanishculture
