Kożuch barani z fraszki „Do poetów” Jana Kochanowskiego
Sheepskin Coat From Jan Kochanowski’s Trifle “Do Poetów” (“To Poets”)

Summary/Abstract: The article refers to the term “sheepskin coat” from Jan Kochanowski’s 16th c. poem “Do poetów” (“To Poets”) (“Trifles” III 14) and which is used to refer to the mythological Golden Fleece, the goal of the Argonauts’ quest. Resorting to the Greek literary tradition, the paper presents the use of rare words of “ἡ νάκη” (“kożuch [coat]”) and “τὸ νάκος” (“runo [fleece]”) by Homer and by Pindar, as well as by two Alexandrine poets–Lycophron and Theocritus–who took part in a literary game with it. Kochanowski’s poem was placed in this context as a possible continuation of the game that is neither openly revealed nor presented ostentatiously.

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