„BITWA U HUŁY” O FRASZCE III 51 JANA KOCHANOWSKIEGO I POEMACIE MACIEJA STRYJKOWSKIEGO
“BITWA U HUŁY [BATTLE OF ULA]” ON JAN KOCHANOWSKI’S TRIFLE III 51 AND MACIEJ STRYJKOWSKI’S POEM

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses two poetic pieces closely connected to the Battle of Ula, a significant episode of thewar with Moscow for Livonia. Capturing Polock by the troops of Ivan the Terrible (February 15th, 1563)and starting the war campaign by the Tsar in January 1564 moved the conflict into the interior of theGrand Duchy of Lithuania. Two great Muscovite armies were to meet near the city of Orsha to movetowards Vilnius that was placed 26 miles away from the war theatre. The victory of the Lithuaniantroops in the Battle of Ula (January 26th, 1564) and almost complete defeat of one army of Ivan theTerrible moved the immediate threat away and made way for a series of successes of the Polish-Lithua-nian armed forces. The above-sketched events make up a background of Jan Kochanowski’s trifle III 51and Maciej Stryjkowski’s handwritten poem. Remarks on the epigram Do Lubimira (To Lubimir) lead toexplication of the relation between the poem and the Greek basis of the trifle, and disambiguate itsdating. While as far as recently rendered available fragments of Stryjkowski’s work are concerned, theyfocus on the piece’s description and the shape of the poem about the Battle of Ula.

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