Nawiązania do Marcjalisa w epigramatach Janusa Pannoniusa

The various and rich output of Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet of Renaissance, includes almost five hundred epigrams, written in splendid Latin and following traditions of poetics. The article gives several examples of Pannonius' epigrams to reveal references to Martial they contain. Janus refers to the classics in accordance with the principles of imitatio and aemulatio, due to which the work meets the requirements of Renaissance poetics without losing its own authenticity at the same time. Pannonius is not only the first known poet of his country, but also the first who implanted European culture in Hungary.