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The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys
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The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys

work by Kochanowski
Also known as: “Odprawa posłów greckich”
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  • Jan Kochanowski, marble bust, c. 1610; in a private collection.
    Jan Kochanowski

    …tragedy, Odprawa posłów greckich (1578; The Dismissal of the Grecian Envoys). With a plot from Homer’s Iliad and written in blank verse, it was performed at the royal court in Ujazdów near Warsaw in 1578 and was regarded as a political commentary on the contemporary situation in the country, which…

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    …tragedy, Odprawa posłów greckich (1578; The Dismissal of the Grecian Envoys). With a plot from Homer’s Iliad and written in blank verse, it was performed at the royal court in Ujazdów near Warsaw in 1578 and was regarded as a political commentary on the contemporary situation in the country, which…

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