title: [History and reception of the translations of Plato's Dialogues by Antoni Bronikowski].
abstract: The article presents the history of translations of Plato's dialogues as made by A. Bronikowski (1817-1884), their assessment formulated by the contemporary for the translator recipients and today's opinions on them. Bronikowski began his translation work on the legacy of Plato in the '50s of the 19th century and carried them out systematically, despite the many adversities, until his death. The article presents the most important criticisms of the reviewers of Bronikowski's translations, which focused on the flaws of his style. The critics pointed out numerous shortcomings, archaisms, which hindered and prevented smooth reading of the text by readers unfamiliar with the language of the original. Most of the criticisms came from the Warsaw environment, especially from K. Kozłowski, the son of the first Polish translator of Plato, FA. Kozłowski. Among the defenders of Bronikowski there were K. Libelt and J.I. Kraszewski. They raised the subject of difficulty which the translator had to deal with and the lack of literary taste of the audience. It seems that both parties were partially right. Bronikowski's text was indeed not suitable for smooth reading in many places, however, it could serve as a useful tool for students who acquainted themselves with the Greek originals of the dialogues.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mróz
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010686:Philosophy, Medical / Q000266:history*; D011044:Poland; D012958:Societies, Scientific / Q000266:history; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014177:Translations