Oracje z „Odprawy posłów greckich” w świetle mów sejmowych z czasów Jana Kochanowskiego
Orations from “Odprawa posłów greckich” (“Dismissal of the Grecian Envoys”) in the Light of the Seym Speeches of Jan Kochanowski’s Time

Summary/Abstract: In his "Dismissal of the Grecian Envoys" Kochanowski put five speeches, after hearing of which the Council decides upon the outbreak of the war. A rhetorical analysis of those speeches and the comparison of the model of proceedings made up by Kochanowski with a real picture of the Polish Seym orations points at many similarities. They made the then receivers notice dangerous analogies. As a result, "Dismissal [...]" became a warning against a destructive state of affairs for the nation, which, when exposed to demagogy, could not be prevented by the democratic system. Nevertheless, the Trojan proceedings were devoid of some – in the eyes of the nobility – key rules of the Polish Seym. They were: the importance of the constituted laws, the responsibility of the representatives before the nation, and a relatively high position of the king. Thus, the warning became a postulate on the special concern on our anchors of the political system that lacked in Troy.

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