Every day brings a new story. And each day contributes to story telling -- in prose and in poetry, in art and in music, on the stage, on the screen, and, of course, in books.
Today is the story of Aug. 18th
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It is the 230th day of the year, leaving 135 days remaining in 2022.
He wrote his epic poetry of theological heroes and heroines in the Croatian vernacular, instead of the typical scholarly Latin. Such works, the first printed in Croatian, have led historians to credit him with creating a distinctive Croatian literature.
As a theologian, he stressed practical Christianity and stoic thought. As a writer, he wrote epic poems celebrating those who defended Christianity, as a lesson to people to keep the faith and defend it from infidels.
His poetry apparently was read throughout Europe, and recently, was quoted by Pope John Paul II, showing Marulić's significance in the fields of theology and literature.
His first work, known today as Judita, was written in 1501. It was published several times during his life, showing it had appeal beyond his home town of Split, which at the time had few literate souls. It told the story of a Hebrew woman, Judith, who heroically saved her city by seducing and killing the Assyrian general Holofernes.
A second poem, Susanna, told of how the Babylonia Jewish woman, falsely accused of adultery, proved her innocence with the intervention of the prophet Daniel.
Marulić also wrote poems in Latin and Italian. In Latin, he wrote A Book in Praise of Hercules, in which the followers of Hercules do battle with the followers of Jesus Christ. Unsurprisingly, the followers of Christ win.
Marulić died in Split in 1524.
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