O przemianach tradycji antycznej i ich odniesieniu do historyzmu na przykładzie recepcji Plutarcha (z Norwidem w tle)

Plutarch, beside Homer, Socrates and Alexander the Great, was one of the important figures in Norwid’s intellectual and artistic biography. Apart from Herodotus he was the main source of Norwid’s knowledge of Greek history and culture. Norwid’s readings are also inscribed in the reception of Plutarch by the French language readers, as he read his works in Amyot’s translation of the beginning of the 19th century that was so important for French literature. The significance of Plutarch for Norwid’s works is particularly well seen when the influence of the Greek historian is considered on writing the poem Epimenides and the drama Cleopatra and Ceasar. Both these works are a proof that he intensively and creatively thought over some of the Parallel Lives, that he treated as sources of historical and cultural knowledge.