Praise of the City and the Place against the background of Classical and Biblical Heritage in Ján Valentini’s Poem Elegia de Thermis Stubnensibus

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Autor/ Author: Erika Brodňanská  

In: Kultúrne dejiny

ISSN: 1338-2209 (Print)

ISSN: 2989–3313 (Online)

Ročník/ Volume: 17

Číslo/ Issue: 1

Strany/ Page Range: 6-20

Rok vydania/ Publication Year: 2026

Jazyk/ Language: Slovak

Vydavateľ/ Publisher: VERBUM – vydavateľstvo Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku

Abstrakt/ Abstract: Ján Valentini’s Elegia de Thermis Stubnensibus (1798) constitutes a laudatory account of the thermal springs of Štubňa, known today as Turčianske Teplice. The poem incorporates topoi characteristic of the laus urbis genre, as depicted by Menander Rhetor, who lived at the turn of the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. This study identifies these topoi and examines the extent to which Valentini’s elegy conforms to the criteria defined for ancient city encomia, considering whether the text may be legitimately situated within the laus urbis tradition. Simultaneously, attention is given to the function of the poem’s numerous references to classical antiquity (particularly Greco-Roman mythology) and to the Bible.

Kľúčové slová/ Keywords: Kremnica, Turčianske Teplice, Laus Urbis, Ancient Mythology, the Bible.

Citácia/ How to cite:

BRODŇANSKÁ, Erika, 2026. Chvála mesta a miesta na pozadí klasického a biblického dedičstva v básni Jána Valentiniho Elegia de Thermis Stubnensibus. Kultúrne dejiny. Online. Roč. 17, č. 1, s. 6-20. ISSN 1338-2209 (Print). ISSN 2989–3313 (Online). Dostupné na:

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