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Introduction
Thethemeofthisvolumeis“tradition”versus“reception”inclassicalstud-
ies.Itisavolumeconceivedoutoftheneedtodelineatethedifferencebetween
thosetermsfrequentlyandofteninterchangeablyused.Theauthorsattemptedto
capturethetwoideas“inaction,”astheyemergeinhistory,asawayofimbuing
theculturalmodelsofdiversepeopleswithGreco-Romanstyleandinspiration.
Thecontributorstothepresentvolumedidnotlimittheirresearchtopractices
andambitionsofelites,but,asinthecaseofPawełMadejskiin“Latininthe
ContemporaryPolish‘StreetEpigraphy’,”theyliterallychasedpavementslooking
forevidenceofLatinbeingabsorbedanddigestedbythelowestculturalstrata.
Madejskifindsgraffiti,tatoos,writtensignsonthestreets,inwhichallusionto
classicallanguages,oftenunintentionallydistortedortravestied,formstheheart
ofameaning.LucynaKostuchandBeataWojciechowskapresentadifferentread-
ingofthevolume’stopic:“TheOathintheAncientandMedievalCulture”is
anoutlineofthehistoryoftheoathseenasasocialinstitutionfromitsancient
beginningstomedievalconceptsandpractices.AgnieszkaBartnikin“Textauf-
nahmederantikenAutorenimmittelalterlichenIrland.Problemeinleitung”sheds
lightonhowculturalfilterswork,andsheeffectivelydemonstratesthattheoutput
ofthatprocessarethetextsthattendnottomirrortheoriginal,butappealtothe
publiccommunicatingintheirownlanguage.Throughtheexamplesandnoteson
thoseexamplesshedemonstratesthedecisiveroleoflanguageincommunitybuild-
ing.Thefollowingfourstudies:“LaurentiusCorvinus’Carminumstructura…”by
AnnaSzczepaniak,“HoratianMetricsintheLatinOdesofJanKochanowski…”
byAleksandraŁambucka,“GenologyGameswithTradition…”byMonika
Szczotand“Lizystratadladekadenckiejepoki[LysistrataforaDecadentEpoch]”
byOlgaŚmiechowicz-raisetheissueofhowPolishwritersmodelledthe
languagetheyusedwhileincorporatingintoPolishliterarycultureancientpoetry
