Tadeusz Zieliński (1859–1944), a Reappraisal Sine Ira et Studio

Abstract

The outstanding contribution to classical scholarship made by Tadeusz Zieliński and his unusual Polish, Russian, and German cultural background warrant a new discussion eighty years after his death. This brilliant philologist and pioneer of classical reception inspired great admiration in his time. How­ever, his philosophical beliefs and private life caused public controversies that need reassessing today on the basis of a review of Zieliński’s life and career within their historical and cultural context.

Keywords

• classical scholarship in the Russian Empire
• Poles at Russian universities in 19th and early 20th c.
• classical scholarship in post-revolutionary Russia
• St Petersburg University
• University of Leipzig
• University of Warsaw