Croatology, Vol. 7 No. 1, 2016.
Original scientific paper
Ancient Models in Džamanjić's Latin Translation of the Odyssey
Dajana Ćosić
; Visoko, Bosna i Hercegovina
Matea Mrgan
; Klasična gimnazija, Zagreb
Petra Šoštarić
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Filozofski fakultet
Abstract
Croatian Jesuit Bernard Džamanjić (Zamanja) published a Latin rendering of Homer’s Odyssey, Homeri Odyssea latinis versibus expressa, in 1777. His contemporaries had a high regard for this translation, which saw two more editions.
In his work Džamanjić was influenced by contemporary, i.e. neoclassical,
views on poetry and art, as well as by his Jesuit education, which placed a great emphasis on the imitation of classical authors. We were able to discern various Roman poets as influences on Džamanjić: besides the expected Virgil and Ovid, he drew from different sources, ranging from Plautus to the Silver Age poets.
Keywords
Croatian Latinist epics; reception of Homer; Bernard Džamanjić; Roman neo-classicist circle
Hrčak ID:
164975
URI
Publication date:
15.7.2016.
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