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Mowa pogrzebowa Peryklesa

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Content: Pericles’ Funeral Oration

Anastazy Cywiński (1824-1871), poet, translator and secondary school teacher. Educated in Poznań and Berlin, Cywiński contributed to various literary and scholarly journals of his time. From 1855 until his death, he worked at the Royal Catholic Gymnasium in Ostrów. During the January Uprising (1863-1864) against the Russian Empire, Cywiński hosted in his apartment the meetings of the secret Polish Committee, composed of senior students from the Ostrów Gymnasium.

Translation of Thuc. 2.35-46 (Pericles' Funeral Oration), with commentary and an introduction on Thucydidean speeches. Published in Biblioteka Warszawska, 4, z. 11, 281-302.

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