The Poems of Nicasius Ellebodius
The Poems of Nicasius Ellebodius

Summary/Abstract: This study explores the surviving poetry of Nicasius Ellebodius (1535–1577). While his great philological achievments of this Flemish humanist are well known, his lesser works, including his poems, have received much less scholarly attention. At the present state of research, nine poems of his are extant today, both Latin and Greek pieces, which make up althogether around 230 lines. Beyond their literary and aesthetical value, these occasional poems throw light on various aspects of Ellebodius’s life and personality, his attitude to possible and actual patrons, his relationship with humanist friends. There survived poems from various stages of his life, from his Roman (mid-1550s), Paduan (1560s) and Pozsony periods (1570s). We provide a critical edition of all these poems (only two were edited in previous scholarship), and make decisive steps in exploring their context.

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