Tadeusz Zieliński (1859–1944), a Reappraisal Sine Ira et Studio

Elżbieta Olechowska

Elżbieta Olechowska University of Warsaw, Poland

Keywords: classical scholarship in the Russian Empire, Poles at Russian universities in 19th and early 20th c., classical scholarship in post-revolutionary Russia, St Petersburg University, University of Leipzig, University of Warsaw

Abstract

The outstanding contribution to classical scholarship made by Tadeusz Zieliński and his unusual Polish, Russian, and German cultural background warrant a new discussion eighty years after his death. This brilliant philologist and pioneer of classical reception inspired great admiration in his time. However, his philosophical beliefs and private life caused public controversies that need reassessing today on the basis of a review of Zieliński’s life and career within their historical and cultural context.

Author Biography

Elżbieta Olechowska, University of Warsaw, Poland

olechowe@al.uw.edu.pl