PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Brodňanská, Erika
TI  - Mythological Elements in the Epic of Valentinus Ecchius Vita divi Pauli Eremitae
DP  - 2014 Mar 11
TA  - Historica Olomucensia
PG  - 51--61
IP  - 88
IS  - 18039561
AB  - The humanistic poetry is always connected with allusions to the Antique mythology. In the short epic Vita divi Pauli Eremitae of the humanistic scholar Valentinus Ecchius it ly plays a role of conventional symbols, however the majority of them is a bearer of an original meaning (e.g. the god Apollo - Phoebe is mentioned in the epos repeatedly, but every time in a different connotation such as a symbol of light, knowledge, virtue). Theonyms, hydronyms and toponyms, antonomasia and metaphors used in the poem, serves as a proof of author's erudition, strengthens the poetics of the text and at the same time codes its hidden sense. Their revealing helps a knowledgeable recipient to open the Antique world and the writing gains a deeper significance. Ecchius proclaims the return to Antique examples and the Antique culture in a spirit of ancient Christian writers.