Title page of Radivilias (1588)Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, celebrated by the poem
Radivilias (Lithuanian: Radviliada, Belarusian: Радзівіліяда Polish: Radziwiliada) is a Latin epic poem by Jonas Radvanas published in 1588. It is one of the major works of the 16th-century Lithuanian and Belarusian literature and one of the best examples of Renaissance literature in Lithuania.[1][2] It uses hexameter and has 3,302 lines divided into four parts.[3] It is dedicated to Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł (1512–1584) and his major military victories in the Livonian War.
Radivilias (Lithuanian: Radviliada, Belarusian: Радзівіліяда Polish: Radziwiliada) is a Latin epic poem by Jonas Radvanas published in 1588. It is one...
16th century, wrote an epic poem imitating the Aeneid of Vergil. His Radivilias, intended to become the Lithuanian national epic, was published in Vilnius...
16th century, wrote an epic poem imitating the Aeneid of Vergil. His Radivilias, intended as the Lithuanian national epic, was published in Vilnius in...
leaders of Calvinism in the country. He also propelled the creation of the Radivilias epic by encouraging Jonas Radvanas to work on it. Little is known about...
about his life and he is best remembered as the author of an epic poem Radivilias dedicated to the military achievements of Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł...
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