Latina et Graeca (Jan 2023)
De Eloquentia elegia of Benedictus Stay
Abstract
Benedictus Stay is a prominent Dubrovnik Latin poet. He is known as the author of philosophical epics in Latin, and as a professor of rhetoric at the Sapienza University of Rome. In the poem De Eloquentia elegia he presents a kind of overview of topics, works and authors related to the teaching of rhetoric. The elegy is part of a manuscript 397/1-3 kept in the Dubrovnik Research Library. This work provides a transcription of the poem from the manuscript, as well as a review of the content of the elegy and details from Stay’s life and activities that indicate his interest in pedagogical topics.
